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- From: FELSON_ADJ@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU
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- Subject: Strange Memory Loss
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 20:09:00 -0600
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- I checked if MEM does garbage collection by executing
- MEM w/ nothing on the stack, writing it down and then
- creating a long variable like 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaa' which
- I then purged. Executing MEM again showed some memory
- had disappeared. I don't think MEM does any garbage
- collection. ( anybody @ HP reading this? )
-
- I then ran a program that did a DEPTH DUPN over and
- over till it ran out of stack. I then ran 100 DUPN
- over and over till the emergency garbage collector
- was invoked. I allowed it to delete the stack. When
- I reexecuted MEM, I found 1.3K more then the last time
- I ran it. Hm... I just noticed my graphics pict
- is gone... Is that where the 1.3K came from?
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