Re: [MacPerl] memory

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

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.

Matthias

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