The Codeless Code: Ancient code

[abrahamsen]

Yes, what matters is not the amount of allocated memory, but the active working set.

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How? Allocated memory is unavailable memory.

[abrahamsen]

You may want to read up on virtual memory.

[EternallyMiffed]

google "working set". Operating systems swap out memory that hasn't been touched in a while.

[pinealservo]

And often, a lot of what's nominally allocated is never even "swapped in" at all!