On Nov 30, 2007, at 5:40 PM, Andy Dent wrote:
>
> On 30/11/2007, at 11:12 PM, Eric Richards wrote:
>
>> With the talk of memory leak on the nug I was thinking,
>> wouldn't a more accurate term be memory absorption ?
>
> Think of your app as a vital organ, slowly bleeding into the body
> cavity.
>
> The precious blood isn't going anywhere outside the body but is no
> longer available and the loss of circulating blood plus the
> accumulated leaked blood is causing problems with other things.
>
> Hence, it's a leak.
>
> (OK, blame too much House. Hope nobody was eating at the time but you
> shouldn't do that because it results in crumbs in your keyboard).
>
A better anatomical analogy might be the difference between a non-
smoker [Non leaking application] and a smoker [ Leaking application].
As a person breathes, the lungs expand and contract as the air flows
in and out. After a period of time, the non-smoker's lungs retain the
same capacity. The smoker, over a period of time, loses that capacity
until the point that their health gives out and starts to die.
I speak from first hand experience in this matter.
Terry
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