Re: cURL author receives rude LogJ4 security inquiry

[Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)]

On 2022-02-25 00:45, Jean Louis wrote:
> * Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> [2022-02-25 10:47]:
> > Please stop thinking you know what someone misunderstood or not,
> > specially when they are not on this list and can respond.
>
> Allow me to think what I think as I have went through the book, and it
> is my impression founded on very clear statements of Linus. That is my
> review of the book as related to what he was thinking of operating
> system. You may find it wrong and thanks for your insights. Though I
> will keep thinking... 🤗

We do say things like "the free function doesn't necessarily
return memory to the OS, though under some circumstances it may."

In that nuance, malloc isn't part of the operating system, and
neither is the program which is calling it (even if it happens to
be the init daemon or something).