[Am-info] Why does NT fail to release allocated memory?

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 04:52:49 -0800, Lewis A. Mettler wrote:

>Erick,
>
>I discontinued all code development on Microsoft platforms.  And, I plan
>to discontinue their use altogether as soon as possible.
>
>However, I have noticed the inability of NT to remain running unless a
>couple of programs were closed out from time to time.  One of these I
>did write myself.  The other is a commercial version written by others.
>
>I only wanted to receive confirmation (or not) that NT fails to allow
>programs to run on an ongoing basis without running out of memory.
>
>I suspect that Microsoft uses an undocumented API that permits only
>Microsoft brand applications from not having this problem on Microsoft
>systems.  Microsoft Corporation does a lot of rather stupid engineering
>just to prevent consumers from gaining the benefit of their OS.  I was
>only trying to confirm my suspicion.
>
>Erick Andrews wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 12:59:59 -0800, Lewis A. Mettler wrote:
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I have not had direct experience with MFC for years.  However, I
recall elsewhere, on this list a year or more ago, that someone quoted
an excerpt from MSJ that indeed these undocument calls exist and
that MS would not acknowledge them.

Erick