From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Repost: free() DOESN´T return memory to the system
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On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 20:35:32 GMT, dontmailme AT iname DOT com (Steamer)
wrote:

>Memory that is freed can be reused by your program (through
>malloc, calloc or realloc). Because it isn't returned to the
>DPMI server it can't be reused by a _different_ program,

True...

>but that's rarely a problem.

Unless your program calls spawn() or system() that is...

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