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Re: Memory is not released back to operating systemby educated_foo (Vicar) |
on Mar 02, 2012 at 18:33 UTC ( [id://957528]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Sorry, that's just the way your malloc() works. Some mallocs use mmap() for large allocations, to at least give the process a chance to return memory to the OS, but most hold onto memory until the process exits.
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