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From: gordon@jtan.com (John Gordon)
Subject: Re: QUESTION: C++ with SGI
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Christian Langis <christian.langis@nrc.ca> writes:

> > Hi there.
> >                 I have a question regarding the DELETE operator of C++
> > on SGI.
> >
> > The problem is that it does not release the memory right away to the
> > system and keeps it in case of other NEW calls.

yes, that's the way new/delete usually work.

there are ways around it, but they're messy to use.

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