Is "Out of Memory" a recoverable error?

[Robert Fraser]

Don wrote:
> Strategy (1):
> Windows used to have a WM_COMPACTING message (maybe it still does) which 
> was sent when the system was running low on memory. In D, you could 
> imagine a similar sort of system callback, which is called when memory 
> is short -- it means, free some memory now, otherwise you'll get an out 
> of memory error.
> This is much simpler and more powerful than catching an 
> OutOfMemoryException, freeing some memory, and then repeating what you 
> were doing.

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