Well strings are char arrays which take a byte for every letter you write...and your ram is X Gbyte.
You better keep your strings in constant global variables, so you won't leak at all.
@NoobImbaPro: Once a string is used, it is entered into the string table of the map. (war3map.wts) This prevents extra memory from being wasted when you reuse a string, so you don't need constant global variables. =)
I do know this - xenforo dropped the ball by not keeping the vbulletin reputation comments as a feature. The loss of the Reputation comments data when we switched to Xenforo really was the death knell for the site when it came to all the users that left. I know I missed it so much and I got way less interested in the site when that feature was gone and I run the site.
I'm on a page about incorrect corrections, and spent the better part of like two hours trying to get someone to understand that -5^2 = -25, not 25, and then that post had comments get reposted because that group is self sustaining, and that person was in turn trying to explain what I just explained to them. And I'm taking that as a victory