There are exceptions to the OS cleaning up your mess for you. For
example, if you allocate feature memory then don't free it, the OS
won't reclaim it until a reset. Also, don't expect "garbage
collection" while your program is running. Don't be surprised if some
of your clients have very little free memory, even on some of the newer
devices that have plenty of built in memory to start with. You very
well might not have much free memory to burn.

Adrien.

Thursday, June 10, 2004, 7:52:01 PM, you wrote:

OA> I have an odd developer question.  Why should developers care about memory
OA> leaks in their programs?  The OS cleans up the extra junk anyways.  Is there
OA> a real technical reason that we would need to get rid of all memory leaks?

OA> thanks for all responses!




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