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> Also, this "memory leak" is only an issue on pre-1990 operating systems as "current" operating systems have no trouble reclaiming unfreed memory Not just tha
by shakna 7y ago
> Also, this "memory leak" is only an issue on pre-1990 operating systems as "current" operating systems have no trouble reclaiming unfreed memory
Not just that, the OS is faster to reclaim the unfreed memory than if the program was cleaning it up.
- _rtld_global_ro 7y agoIt's only true if the program is about to exit, for long running programs like daemons, ``memory leak`` is still a thing.