> realised that Python doesn't release memory back to the OS - someone > else
That's not at all unusual. In fact in most Unices no program ever releases memory to the OS - one reason you should be very careful when writing daemon processes! One advantage of this approach is that it speeds up memory allocation when the memory needs to be reused by the application since its already there waiting to be used. It also acts as a resilience feature by ensuring that running programs don;t get all their memory stolen by some new startup app that grabs all thats available. The reasoning being that its better to have a program crash early than late... Alan G _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
