Talk:IBM Rational Purify

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I think languages like Java and C# can have memory leaks as well, though not in the traditional way of speaking. If you have a list of object, but never remove objects that won't be used, that could be considered a memory leak as well. Profiling tools can help locate these sorts of problems.

Thats true, but as a programmer in several high and low level languages, I would not call that a memory leak. IMHO, the term "leak" implies that the memory leaks out of the system, pernamently lost and never to be recovered. Holding references to a bunch of unused objects is just bloat, and while profilers help identify bloat, its different from a leak. --Bletch 00:08, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The word "expensive" is not very NPOV, I think.

I agree. I've edited the page to remove that line. --Jhayman 04:05, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

It would be nice to have an explanation of the internal workings of Purify, or a reference thereto. (Not that I have one to offer.)

[edit] Cleanup

I put the cleanup tag on this page because it needs some work. It currently needs to be structured into sections and large chunks need to be rewritten to make it read more like an encyclopedia instead of a commentary or review of the software. --Dr. WTF 20:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)