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| From | Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Firefox alternatives? |
| Date | 2024-12-12 19:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JSW6J-gsgs-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <JSBF0-gbQp-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <JSChH-gcop-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <JSE09-gdB9-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <JSVX3-gsdk-27@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 13:20:28 -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Wednesday 11 December 2024 06:00:37 pm Greg Wooledge wrote: > > This makes memory leaks less common, but when they *do* occur, they're > > quite difficult to find. Usually it means you've accidentally retained > > a reference to the object in question in some part of the program that > > never goes away. > > I'd really love it if firefox didn't consume increasing amounts of memory as time went on... > > Why would it do that? That's been the case for a long time over many versions. Because finding and fixing memory leaks is *really difficult*. And not much fun. And doesn't let you put fancy new blurbs on your "what's new" page.
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