Re: [OT] StarOffice memory usage: 7 processes!

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

| It looks to me like what you have is actually one process and seven
| *threads*.  A thread is essentially the same process running at a
| different location, but using the same memory.  ps, top, etc. don't know
| about threads, so they appear as a seperate process. 
| 
| Bottom line: StarOffice is really only using 32 meg, but has seven threads
| working in there.
| 
| I'm guessing, though.  Can anyone confirm this?
| 
| Greg

   You are correct. My understanding is there are six threads running
   off the main process.  Top reports them all as separate processes.
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Eric G. Miller
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