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2 Nov 2024 17:20:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Reducing memory usage  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 29 Oct 2003 22:26:52
Message: <cjameshuff-8E2B5F.22245329102003@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3fa05697$1@news.povray.org>, Brent G <pov### [at] bc-hqcom> 
wrote:

> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> > In article <3fa0386a@news.povray.org> , Brent G <pov### [at] bc-hqcom>  wrote:
> > 
> >>*cough* task manager *cough*
> > 
> > But that doesn't show the memory allocated by the application.  It only
> > shows the memory used by the application process.  Besides, the user didn't
> > mention the platform POV-Ray was running on.
> 
> I was merely pointing out that is IS possible

But...your message doesn't do that. The memory allocated to the 
application process is at best a very crude measurement of the memory a 
program is using. This is a common mistake, Christoph's question was 
perfectly valid, as was Thorsten's response.

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Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
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