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Subject: Re: Malloc & Co.
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:02:54 -0600
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Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> 
> When my program exits, is all the allocated memory on freed
> automatically, or is the system retained unless I cal 'free' on all my
> memory blocks (that I allocated with malloc & calloc)?
> Thanx in advance,
> 
> ..Chambers
I am not positive but I belive if you don't call free() you will create
a "memory leak".  Even if it does free the memory automatically it is a 
better idea to go ahead and call free().