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by shiven 4334 days ago
As kogir mentioned elsewhere in the thread, ImageMagick is not designed to be used as a long running process, it will destroy RAM and likely lead to stability issues.

I think with OSX they used the right tool for the right job, because, as always, there is never a perfect solution to any problem on the trilateral axis (good/fast/cheap).

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I still don't understand this, why would you keep imageMgick running for more than one image?
Destroy RAM? What?
I know! I was being hyperbolic, but you get the idea :-) Memory leaks are almost the same thing, perhaps worse. You can always change a stick of RAM, but chasing down memory leaks, that's more than a 5 min job!