From:	Paul Richards <Paul AT dunvegan1 DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Dynamic memory allocation
Date:	Thu, 6 May 1999 14:48:43 +0100
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Chris Mears writes,
>I *think* that when your program stops running, all the memory it used
>(whether you freed it or not) is given back to the OS.  The reason you
>free memory explicitly in your program is so you can re-use it again (in
>the same program).
So the DPMI memory "server" keeps a track of what I allocate and then
when my program quits it clears up after me?

>I *think*.
Well it sounds ok to me.
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