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  Re: STOPPING a render does not "release" computer  
From: Warp
Date: 3 Oct 2005 01:23:06
Message: <4340c03a@news.povray.org>
Kenneth <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> Does anyone know WHY this is happening? It would be nice if STOP RENDER
> actually stopped the
> entire process instantly... the way most other programs work.

  Most other programs don't allocate millions of tiny chunks of memory
which they have to then free when they stop doing whatever they were
doing.

  A solution to this would require a complete redesign of how povray
allocates and deallocates memory. Not a trivial task.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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