Memory Leaks

The cluster discusses memory leaks, excessive memory usage, fragmentation, and poor memory management in various software applications, libraries, and languages. Users report issues, express concerns, and suggest fixes for high RAM consumption.

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lchen_hn • Feb 5, 2024 • View on HN

I feel its memory leak issue should get more attention

gumby • Jun 15, 2016 • View on HN

Thanks, memory can be a bit leaky at times.

dfire • Oct 16, 2016 • View on HN

does it still have the memory usage issue?

elsurudo • Nov 29, 2016 • View on HN

That's no excuse for 17GB of memory usage...

warothia • Nov 17, 2024 • View on HN

Oh really interesting, will look into it! Was afraid it would leak memory.

tqh • Mar 19, 2017 • View on HN

They don't mention anything about memory fragmentation..

richardczl • Oct 14, 2025 • View on HN

Memory indeed would be an issue

vbezhenar • Jul 24, 2018 • View on HN

Leaking memory would be dangerous.

saiko-chriskun • Oct 10, 2016 • View on HN

see 'memory fragmentation is a big deal'

NathanKP • Sep 23, 2009 • View on HN

Has anyone else experienced this memory leak or am I the only one?