GC object finalization not guaranteed

[Robin KAY]

Don wrote:
[snip]
>> I think shared memory is an example of memory resource that's not 
>> freed by
>> the OS on program exit.
> 
> Really? That sounds like an OS memory leak. Security issue, too: run 
> your program, allocated shared memory, then exit. Repeat until all 
> memory is exhausted.

Run your program, create a file, then exit. Repeat until all disk space 
is exhausted.

SYSV IPC objects have a persistent identifier through which they can be 
accessed by multiple processes.

-- 
Robin KAY