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Re: Memory issues
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:16:02 -0700
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> Could software running on the HP3000 have problems similar to
> PC (ie MS software) where a resource "leak" could gradually
> deplete available memory?

No.  A memory leak would basically affect only the process involved.

With one exception: if a process has a sufficiently large (*unusually
large*) NMSTACK and/or NMHEAP, it could eat up most of the transient
space available on disk ... but that would have required deliberately
specifying a ridicuously large NMSTACK or NMHEAP at link time, or
run time, or in SYSGEN *and* that the program eats up the space.

BTW, stacks and heaps on MPE/iX can be *WAY* larger than on HP-UX, IIRC.



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