On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 12:09:24AM +0100, Tom Hughes wrote:
> Rogier Wolff wrote:
>
> > The weird thing is: It apparently doesn't check for memory allocation
> > return codes for a while before it notices that it's out of memory.
>
> Ever heard of garbage collection? You know, that thing where when a
> memory allocation fails the language does some cleanup and then has
> another go? Think that might explain what you're seeing...
You're right. You got me there. I didn't think about garbage
collection!
Roger.
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