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by superasn 3039 days ago
So that would be like killing a program and respawning a new process instead for some benefit like reclaiming memory or speed (like I do with browser tabs).

I know evolution doesn't work that way, but definitely sounds like an interesting thought.
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devnonymous 3039 days ago 

  > So that would be like killing a program and respawning a new process instead for some
  > benefit like reclaiming memory or speed ...
  >
  > I know evolution doesn't work that way,
Sure its better now but that's how the early versions of Evolution worked (sorry couldn't resist !).
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navaati 3039 days ago
For downvoters, I guess parent is making a reference to the Evolution mail/calendar client from Gnome. Which is (was ?) indeed a memory hog.
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