From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: quick malloc question
Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 1997 02:05:49 -0800
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Cristovao Braga wrote:
> 
> I was wondering: if I allocate some memory with malloc () or an equivalent
> function and then quit the program without calling free (), will this
> memory be freed automatically?

Yes.  It's automatically freed by the program's exit code.  There are
some purists who say you should free it anyway - I'm ambivalent on the
issue.  :)

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