Opening and closing quartz graphic device crashes R

replicate(1000, {dev.new(); dev.off()})

R(83204,0xacdc1a28) malloc: *** mmap(size=16777216) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
R(83204,0xacdc1a28) malloc: *** mmap(size=16777216) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
...
  *** caught bus error ***
address 0x0, cause 'non-existent physical address'

sessionInfo()

R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
Platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/i386 (32-bit)

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

For what its worth, I couldn't reproduce this on 64-bit or 32-bit R GUI 
consoles.

Rob
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64-bit windows:
null device null device null device null device null device null device
-- snip --
           1           1           1           1 1           1
null device null device null device null device
           1           1           1           1
 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods base



32-bit windows:

windows windows windows windows windows windows windows windows windows 
windows
       2       2       2       2       2       2       2 2       2       2
-- snip --
windows windows windows windows windows windows windows windows windows 
windows
       2       2       2       2       2       2       2 2       2       2
 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods base
 >

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Robert W. Baer, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Kirksille College of Osteopathic Medicine
A. T. Still University of Health Sciences
Kirksville, MO 63501 USA