Re: DECW$SERVER crashes (8.3)

In article <q6aAVskJ2Gg6@wvnvms>, cook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (George Cook)
wrote:

In article <tvDah.55803$163.54691@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ChrisQuayle
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
FredK wrote:
"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:65f1e$45662aea$cef8887a$4606@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Granted, Mozilla is probably giving the X server a much bigger workout
than
any app on VAX. But still, I would expect Mozilla to crash, not the X
server (bringing down all other apps in the process).


Netscape Alpha for Tru64 had horrendous memory leaks. If you leave it
running long enough, it eventually runs the system out memory *and* swap
space. It wasn't an X or other system problem, both of which were rock
solid otherwise...

Not surprising especially considering the chief developer of Netscape
was also the chief developer of NCSA Mosaic. After fixing countless
memory leaks in the original NCSA Mosaic code over the last ten years,
I think NCSA Mosaic could accurately be described as a memory leak
posing as a browser.


Is that also true of Mozilla and its relatives? FWIW, I've stopped using
them (Firefox and Thunderbird) on my Mac as both products were causing
me problems.

--
Paul Sture
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