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Freeing perl memory?
Most operating systems don't really let processes hand back memory once it has been allocated. Apple Macs can, I hear, but unixes and windows don't let you.
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RE: RE: Freeing perl memory?
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Anonymous Monk
on Jan 20, 2000 at 08:06 UTC
Thats for perl only. All OSes allow programs to free memory back to the system.
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