gistfile1.rb

# Depth of nesting
N = 100

# Number of floats to allocate
M = 100_000

def chain(next_lambda)
  lambda {
    puts "."
    (1..M).to_a.map { rand }
    next_lambda.call
  }
end

the_chain = lambda { puts '.' }

N.times do |i|
  the_chain = chain(the_chain)
end

the_chain.call