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From: Doug Walker
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1989 17:40

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In article <7661@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>In article <4148@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes:
>>In article <4107@sugar.hackercorp.com> karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>>>In article <7570@cbmvax.UUCP>, jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>>>There is no reason a program should have to free its memory if the operating 
>>>system does it.  Programs written for such an OS cannot be considered

I disagree.  Programs that rely on the OS to free their memory in the normal
case probably are missing some bets that would allow them to free up some
unused storage.  Sure, rely on the OS to clean up after you if you abort
or end early, but doing memory maintenance as-you-go generally isn't that
expensive and can give better performance, even on VM systems.
--Doug

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From: walker@sas.UUCP (Doug Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Minix, Unix on the Amiga, and flames on AmigaDOS braindamage...
Message-ID: <1155@sas.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 89 17:40:43 GMT
References: <1610@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> <195@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> <7570@cbmvax.UUCP> <4107@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4148@cps3xx.UUCP> <7661@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: walker@sas.UUCP (Doug Walker)
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