On 10/8/18 8:11 AM, Ram Rachum wrote: > " Windows will aggressively fill up your RAM in cases like this > because after all why not? There's no use to having memory just > sitting around unused." > > Two questions: > > 1. Is the "why not" sarcastic, as in you're agreeing it's a waste? > 2. Will this be different on Linux? Which command do I run on Linux to > verify that the process isn't taking too much RAM? > > > Thanks, > Ram. I would say the 'why not' isn't being sarcastic but pragmatic. (And I would expect Linux to work similarly). After all if you have a system with X amount of memory, and total memory demand for the other processes is 10% of X, what is the issue with letting one process use 80% of X with memory usages that is easy to clear out if something else wants it. A read only page that is already backed on the disk is trivial to make available for another usage.
Memory just sitting idle is the real waste. -- Richard Damon _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
