From: jakobs AT ldv01 DOT Uni-Trier DOT DE (Oliver Jakobs)
Subject: memory allocation and system()
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 12:17:40 +0200 (MSZ)

Hello,

from the recent discussion on memory allocation and the impossibility
to really free allocated memory I understand, that go32 will swap out
ALL memory to disk when making a call to system(), even if it is no
longer in use. This should then be the reason for the long delay between
the actual call of system() and the execution of the so called program
or shell after heavy usage of malloc/free.

Is there by chance a more elegant (or faster) way to call eg. a DOS-shell?
I don't mind having only about 640 KB (or even less) during this session,
if only it would be called without such a long delay. 

So long,

	Oliver

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