how to explain this memory usage

[javalist]

Hello python-list,

        thanks everyone,I have try it on all the platform I have access,here is
a short list:
        platform/system that free/delete don't return memory to os:
        *solaris 7/solaris 8/solaris 2.6 for sparc
        *solaris 7 for x86
        *hpux 11.00 on L2000
        *irix 6.5 (mips)
        platform/system that free/delete do return memory to os:
        *linux on x86
        *free bsd 4.2 on x86
        *win2000(very strange,win do return memory to os,but not all,about 1/3
is still belong to python interpreter)



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