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> Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 17:03:52 -0400
> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> > 
> > It might be possible to make sbrk() return these blocks to DPMI, but
> > I have no plans to revisit that ugly assembler code unless something's
> > badly broken.
> 
> It should be totally unnecessary, because the malloc code is the
> only access to sbrk provided in the whole system (barring emacs). 

Emacs is not the only program that uses sbrk directly.

Also, don't forget that there are other programs running on the same
box, at least if you run on Windows.  So returning unused memory to
the OS would be a Good Thing.

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