beamworkshop.ex

defmodule BeamWorkshop do
  def start() do
    spawn(&process_loop/0)
  end

  def process_loop() do
    big_data =
      for _ <- 1..1024 do
        big_data(1_048_576)
      end

    :erlang.garbage_collect()

    receive do
    after
      :infinity -> :ok
    end

    big_data
  end

  def big_data(n) do
    <<0::size(n)>>
  end
end