Best way to end processes?
Does anyone have an opinion on this assertion from the Sunday Times "Doors" supplememnt?
"Do not click on the little 'x' in the top right hand corner of the window to close a program, but instead use the Close or Exit command, usually found under the Files Menu. Clicking on an 'x' can leave bits of a program floating in the computer's memory and will subsequently hamper performance."
My understanding of the way process control blocks work is that they don't care how the process was ended when they do their stuff. This sounds like a bit of "ju-ju" to me. In the same category as "always alternate which shoe you put on first so as to even out the wear". Anybody support this handy tip from The Sunday Times?