>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Mwangi <mwangi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Michael> Using top, I monitored memory usage and noticed the
Michael> delete operation did not free the 24 MB allocated by the
That simply means that the memory is not returned to the kernel.
Nevertheless, it is still available for allocation by the same process
and is eventually returned to the kernel when the process exits.
~velco
