Re: Memory "leaks"

["Dr J.L. Gordon" jgordon@xxxxxxxx]

On Wed, 30 Oct 1996 02:35:00 -0500 (EST), Harry Binswanger wrote:

>At 11:07 PM 10/29/96 +0000, you wrote:
>>I'm going by what xywrite says right now..
>>
>>when i log in at first it says i have about 300k free.. then the next
>>time it says i have 100 free then less the next time..
>>
>>so far, the program hasn't coughed,
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>I don't think Xy4's memory figures mean anything.

I think Harry's right. I had the same experience as Sherry when I
first used Xy4 under OS/2. I had plenty of RAM and was dismayed to
see Mem report only 30k free. After I got over the shock, I tested by
loading up all windows with the biggest files I could find. After
opening each additional file, Xy4 continued to show only a small
amount of memory left, but it never gagged on a file. My advice is,
before you do anything else more complicated, make a copy of large
text file and see if you can load it 9 times. In fact, I just now
tried this with a 390kb file. No problem loading it into the 8
windows remaining after the directory in window 1. And, moving around
was reasonably brisk in each file even with all the others open.

Cheers,
John G.



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