No one's yet posted the simplest metaphor of all: a leaky boat. Like a
memory leak, a leak in a boat takes in water.
Regards,
Dave Wooldridge
Electric Butterfly
http://www.ebutterfly.com
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on 11/30/07 6:09 PM, Terry Ford wrote:
>
> 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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