Re: [Haskell] Re[2]: [Haskell-cafe] Is Haskell a Good Choice for WebApplications? (ANN: Vocabulink)

wren ng thornton writes:

FWIW, the JVM also fails to release memory resources back to the OS. Given all the problems I've seen that one cause for long-running processes, I'm definitely in support of correcting any behavior like this in the GHC RTS.

I'm curious what real problems arise from this? As far as I can tell, virtual memory and overcommit ought to make this (i.e. not releasing memory back to the OS) mostly harmless. Is this on particular systems with different properties than your average run-of-the-mill Unix? -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants