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In article <12422786824.175.G.GUTOW@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU> G.GUTOW@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU (Jonathan Gutow) writes:
>I'm using system 4.2 and multifinder on an old mac upgraded with the 128K
>ROMs and an 800K disk drive.  I've noticed that initially on switch launching
>to multifinder the system heap takes up about 252K of memory.  After I've
>started and quit afew applications such as RedRyder and WriteNow(1.07 patched
>for multifinder) the heap size gains about 100K.  It seems to me that
>when you are back to a minimal configuration of running the finder and the
>system the system heap size should collapse back down to its original size.

There are two possible reasons:
1) Some applications tend to lock system resources and don't release them
   when they exit.  This tends to cause a slow increase in system heap usage.
   It can only be fixed by fixing the applications.
2) MultiFinder doesn't reduce the system heap unless there is a good reason
   to do so.  So, if you don't need the memory, MultiFinder will keep it in
   the system heap.

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