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Date:	Thu, 16 May 2002 08:29:27 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: emacs under w2k
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On Wed, 15 May 2002, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > Which brings up, to me, "why does emacs replace malloc etc."? 
> 
> IIRC, so that when you delete a buffer it can return that memory to
> the system rather than just put it on the free list.

Of course, our sbrk doesn't support that, so this aspect is not important 
for DJGPP.

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