Bryan Smith mentioned this to All:
 BS> Maybe somebody can clear up my confusion.  I somehow got the impression
 BS> that in Delphi/Windows, unlike TP/DOS, any memory allocated dynamically
 BS> with GetMem() or New() is not automatically returned to the system when
 BS> the program exits.  In other words, in Delphi, you have to free it
 BS> yourself with FreeMem/Dispose.
Windows will automatically free allocated memory when a program exits 
properly.
That doesn't mean that you should not do your own release of memory.
                                ...Gary
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