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In a way, UNIX does have automatic resource managament: when a process is killed, its memory is returned to the system, file descriptors are closed, etc... In
by flohofwoe 4y ago
In a way, UNIX does have automatic resource managament: when a process is killed, its memory is returned to the system, file descriptors are closed, etc...
In contrast, (IIRC) on the Amiga the OS didn't have per-process resource tracking, e.g. memory leaks would persist after a program was closed or had crashed.
- icedchai 4y agoI learned C on the Amiga, and this was one of the most annoying things about it. That and the lack of memory protection. It did make me pretty careful though!