Is it a waste of time to free resources before I exit a process?
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Let's consider a fictional program that builds a linked list in the heap, and at the end of the program there is a loop that frees all the nodes, and then exits. For this case let's say the linked list is just 500K of memory, and no special space managing is required.
- Is that a wast of time, because the OS will do that anyway?
- Will there be a different behavior later?
- Is that different according to the OS version?
I'm mainly interested in UNIX based systems, but any information will be appreciated. I had today my first lesson in OS course and I'm wondering about that now.
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