Mark:
I am confused, but then again that is hardly a breaking news. How does
memory leak?
programs use memory, unfurling themselves from the hard drive to RAM, then
they work with objects or data.. whether they put this used data .. or even
themselves .. away properly when they're done with a block of memory or
simply 'loose' it (thus leaving the memory block full of junk) comes down
to good programming. A decent program should be able to open an infinite
number or objects and tuck them away when they're done and still leave the
computer feeling as crisp as when it was first turned on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_leak
Adobe have had a <ahem> reputation with leaking memory across the years.
The 'thrashing' that the article refers to is when all the RAM is
effectively used and the computer has to load and unload data from the
swapfile (an artificial 'ram' on th hard drive which acts as a ram
repository when the buffers are filled.). I loathe such bad programming and
will avoid it like the plague. Generally if they've mucked up something so
basic you can guarantee that there's a lot more wrong under the hood as
well.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Lightroom stuck and won't open
From: Karl Shah-Jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, January 14, 2012 11:28 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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Even with huge amounts of ram, a memory leak can eat the lot. Over the
years Adobe have often had issues with their programs and memory leaks so
surely they're aware of the problems, a shame they've never managed to
nail
down the issue and solve it once and for good
k
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lea Murphy" <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: Lightroom stuck and won't open
I don't think it's a ram issue. I have 22 gigs.
Lea
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> Outta RAM. Either empty the cache or force quit and restart. LR is a big
> RAM hog. Has been since the first beta.
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