> Boggles my mind that people do that. Why? I only restart my (linux) laptop every 3-4 months when I update software. I can't think of any downside that I've

> Boggles my mind that people do that. Why? I only restart my (linux) laptop every 3-4 months when I update software. I can't think of any downside that I've experienced from this practice. I do a lot of work with data loaded in a REPL, so it's certainly saved me time having everything restored to as I left it.