How to consume all memory?

Question

For purpose of an academic project I want to create a simple program to hang a computer by consuming all available RAM. I tried creating a string and increase its length using a while loop like string=string+string2. I takes so much time when string2 is short, even though I could use 100% ram but at last I get a OutOfMemoryException and so much memory is freed. Is there any effective way of doing this?

Answer 1

Not entirely possible as the OS will deal with the memory management thus you wont be able to do what you are trying to do especially in managed code. I also don't believe that an academic programme will have a course or instruct students to develop something like this. question sounds a little wierd