exit code - dangers of _exit() - memory leak?

Question

Sorry to repeat a question that has been posed repeatedly, but i couldn't find a specific mention of memory issues. if a process terminates with _exit(0) or _Exit(0) can its memory block be lost to the OS? Thanks, -nuun

Answer 1

Not on any decent modern O/S (Unix, Windows, whatever) - the O/S will reclaim the process's memory when the process dies, regardless of how cleanly it died.