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% gem help
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.Pp
+.Sh STACK SIZE ENVIRONMENT
+Stack size environment variables are implementation-dependent and
+subject to change with different versions of Ruby. The VM stack is used
+for pure-Ruby code and managed by the virtual machine. Machine stack is
+used by the operating system and its usage is dependent on C extensions
+as well as C compiler options. Using lower values for these may allow
+applications to keep more Fibers or Threads running; but increases the
+chance of SystemStackError exceptions and segmentation faults (SIGSEGV).
+These environment variables are available since Ruby 2.0.0.
+All values are specified in bytes.
+.Pp
+.Bl -hang -compact -width "RUBY_THREAD_MACHINE_STACK_SIZE"
+.It Ev RUBY_THREAD_VM_STACK_SIZE
+VM stack size used at thread creation.
+default: 131072 (32-bit CPU) or 262144 (64-bit)
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_THREAD_MACHINE_STACK_SIZE
+Machine stack size used at thread creation.
+default: 524288 or 1048575
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_FIBER_VM_STACK_SIZE
+VM stack size used at fiber creation.
+default: 65536 or 131072
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_FIBER_MACHINE_STACK_SIZE
+Machine stack size used at fiber creation.
+default: 262144 or 524288
+.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Bl -hang -compact -width "http://www.ruby-lang.org/123"
.It https://www.ruby-lang.org/