"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:

> >> I mean when I monitor my system's memory usage, more memory is being
> >> used AFTER I close my program. But after several runs, the memory is
> >> returned to an earlier state.
> >
> > I don't think the problem is in your program, then. When it does not run
> > anymore, it does not use memory anymore, at least on modern OSes...
> > Perhaps you could try to find a way to monitor the memory per process,
> > rather than the whole.
>
> No, I mean the program uses more memory when I run it, and the memory
> consumption is slightly higher after I quit than it was before I opened
> the program. It does this with other apps, too (Firefox). I don't think
> it's a problem with my program, if other programs are doing it too.
> Unless, of course, Firefox is buggy (which it might be).
>
> Sam

Your OS could be keeping the most recently used libraries in memory in case
they are going to be called again.

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