On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 09:11 PM, Scott Clitheroe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm into the second week of using my Newton 120, and still loving it.
> The Palm is begining to gather dust :) Anyways, I was curious about
> heap usage, as I understand it can be an issue on Newtons. I've
> learned that applications can be "frozen" to minimize or remove their
> heap allocations, and that leads me to a few questions:
>
> - what actually (technically) happens when you freeze an app?
> - I installed an app called BatterBuddy, from Tactile systems, which
> allows me to freeze apps. Do all app freezers work the same? Is one
> better than another, in terms of stability, features, whatever?
> - I check my free RAM before and after freezing a few small apps, and
> saw no difference. Are heap allocations counted against available
> RAM? If not, are there third party apps that can tell me how much heap
> is used/available?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this heap of questions!
>
> -Scott
I have to admit that I don't really understand this "heap" thing myself.
I see the term bandied about quite often on this list, but I've never
seen a good explanation of what it really is. My guess is that it is
something like a swap file, but I would love to hear what it really does.
John
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