Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> 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

Very interesting!  (My second guess as to this phenomenon was that the
computer was having to "retrieve" or "clean out" memory it had used...which
you've corroborated.) I'm happy (??) to know that it's not something to do
with my own computer setup. Thanks for the info!

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