[svn:perlfaq] r11564 - perlfaq/trunk
[email protected] Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:35:43 -0700 (PDT)
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Author: comdog Date: Tue Jul 22 11:35:42 2008 New Revision: 11564 Modified: perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq3.pod Log: * perlfaq3: How can I free an array or hash so my program + fixing grammar problem Modified: perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq3.pod ============================================================================== --- perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq3.pod (original) +++ perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq3.pod Tue Jul 22 11:35:42 2008 @@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ cannot be reclaimed or reused even if they go out of scope. It is reserved in case the variables come back into scope. Memory allocated to global variables can be reused (within your program) by using -undef()ing and/or delete(). +undef() and/or delete(). On most operating systems, memory allocated to a program can never be returned to the system. That's why long-running programs sometimes re-