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Re: Idl is greedy, once it gets some memory it will NOT release it. [message #5525 is a reply to message #5515]

Tue, 16 January 1996 00:00

kspencer
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Registered: December 1993

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rxr@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov (Ramanujam Raghunath) writes:

> Hello all:
> I have a question on IDL's memory management. My problem could also be in the
> swap space management in the SUNOS and IRIX 5.3, but I doubt it.
> The issue is, after an array is deleted in IDL, the memory it occupied does not
> seem to be released (is the impression you get when you make an enquiry on the
> swap space from the O/S (swap -s in IRIX)) until the IDL session is exited;
> but seems to have been when you make an enquiry on the memory in IDL, using
> help, /memory.

You are kindly directed to the FAQ.

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Kevin Spencer
Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory and Beckman Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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		Re: Idl is greedy, once it gets some memory it will NOT release it. By: korpela on Tue, 16 January 1996 00:00
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