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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: George Plymale II <address@hidden>,  Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,  
> Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 20:06:05 -0400
> 
> 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.