Re: [MacPerl] memory

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 10.58 1998.02.13, Matthias Ulrich Neeracher wrote:
>Alex Hooper <alex@hipps.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>My problem is I run out of memory. I wondered if I could use reset or undef
>>to free up memory as I go along (and categories that I've dealt with become
>>redundant).
>>
>>Can reset and undef free up memory?
>
>Yes, as does delete. Perl has a garbage collector which is pretty good at
>grabbing memory back if it's not referenced anymore.

Sorry, I spoke out of turn.  I was thinking not of undef'ing, but of other
things ... I was up until 4am watching USA lose to Sweden.  I'll go back to
sleep now.

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