zentara,
As far as I know, this is dependent on the OS and possibly on how Perl was compiled (with or without system malloc). If the OS doesn't support releasing the memory then Perl6 isn't going to make it possible. Perl6 may make systems that do support the release more likely though. Typically, the OS is going to want to get large contiguous chunks. Perl6 and Parrot are likely to be more like C in the way they use memory then existing Perl is.

I am not a subject matter expert and this has been discussed here several times before. Super Search should shed even more light on the matter.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: Perl releasing memory back to the system by Limbic~Region
in thread Perl releasing memory back to the system by zentara

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