Re: Does Emacs return memory to the system on Mac OS X or *BSD?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> >> IOW the only difference is in the fact that it requires more swap space,
>> >> which can occasionally be noticeable, e.g. when you don't have swap
>> >> space at all.
>> > No, it also means that part of the VM address space is in use and
>> > cannot be used by other apps.
>> What do you mean by "VM address space"?
> That pages mapped into some process's address space diminish the total
> amount of VM which the system can allocate, even if those pages are
> swapped out of physical memory.

I think we're in violent agreement here.


        Stefan