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-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mmgr/README,v 1.13 2008/04/09 00:55:30 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mmgr/README,v 1.14 2008/04/09 00:59:24 momjian Exp $
Notes About Memory Allocation Redesign
======================================
Up through version 7.0, Postgres had serious problems with memory leakage
during large queries that process a lot of pass-by-reference data. There
-was no provision for recycling memory until end of query. This needed to be
-fixed, even more so with the advent of TOAST which will allowed very large
+was no provision for recycling memory until end of query. This needs to be
+fixed, even more so with the advent of TOAST which will allow very large
chunks of data to be passed around in the system. This document describes
-the new memory management system implemented in 7.1.
+the new memory management plan implemented in 7.1.
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