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From: laf@mbunix.mitre.org (Lee Fyock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: "Out of memory"
Message-ID: <120394@linus.mitre.org>
Date: 18 Sep 90 12:39:00 GMT
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What causes the multifinder message "The application XXX
unexpectedly quit (out of memory)"?  I would think that a
memory request (NewPtr or NewHandle) would cause it, but
shouldn't they just return null, with the appropriate MemErr?

Thanks,

Lee Fyock
laf@mbunix.mitre.org
MITRE    Bedford, MA