Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 31/01/2011 09:19 PM, Warp wrote:
> > Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
> >> I thought that (for example) if a
> >> Unix process exits without freeing the memory it allocated, that memory
> >> remains allocated forever.
> >
> >    I really can't understand why you would think that.

> Because in order to do this, the OS would have to keep track of not only 
> what resources are in use, but *who* is using them.

  That's kind of what the OS does.

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                                                          - Warp

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