[Haskell-cafe] Re: Laziness leaks

[Achim Schneider]

Jules Bean <jules at jellybean.co.uk> wrote:

> Achim Schneider wrote:
> >  You don't come across space-leaks in strict programs often because
> > data is usually allocated statically even if execution is
> > non-strict.
> > 
> > Piping /dev/zero into a program that just sleeps does leak space,
> > though.
> > 
> 
> It only leaks 8K or whatever size your system buffers pipes until it 
> suspends the writer though... or do I misunderstand your analogy?
>
I don't think so. I would say that it leaks 8k memory and infinite
time. I did not intend the example to be implementation-dependent, but
then that kind of proves my point.

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