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From: shahn@hstbme.mit.edu (Samuel Hahn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: 6.0.5 and System Heap questions...
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Date: 3 May 90 03:29:03 GMT
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Two questions/comments on the above subjects:

1) System 6.0.5: I have read some bad things about 6.0.5 in comp.sys.mac.*
and I am now beginning to wonder if installing it was a bad idea.  People have
been griping about it, but no one seems to post a specific problem like 6.0.5
crashes z program when I try to do x. Does anyone have any concrete proof that
6.0.5 is a turkey?

2) System Heap...this whole thing about the System Heap has got me confused.
I thought most (if not all) of the memory allocation was dynamic and that the
heap grew and shrank as needed.  For instance, if you open a bunch of DAs
or run PrintMonitor and do a "About Finder" the memory dedicated to the
System grows appreciably.  If this is true, why bother setting the system
heap to a predefined limit?  What am I missing here?