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From: | Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: free() DOESN'T return memory to system |
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NNTP-Posting-Date: | Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:50:29 GMT |
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Date: | Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:50:29 GMT |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
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On 18 Sep 2000 13:24:30 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote: >Sorry, but you seem to have missed the second part of the explanation of >what free() does. Just because it doesn't free the memory for use by the >system at large (i.e. Winblows) doesn't mean free() would do nothing at >all. It *does* make the memory available for use by later malloc() calls >in the same program. So what call makes memory available for programs that you spawn()?
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