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comp.lang.c FAQ list · Question 7.25

Q: I have a program which mallocs and later frees a lot of memory, but I can see from the operating system that memory usage doesn't actually go back down.


A: Most implementations of malloc/free do not return freed memory to the operating system, but merely make it available for future malloc calls within the same program.

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