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var list = []; while (true) { list.add(1); } Here you are, which language won't leak memory here? Also, which language will let you connect to a prod insta

• packetlost 3y ago
  >var list = []; > while (true) { list.add(1); } idk, I don't think endlessly growing memory usage is really what a leak is, a leak is really when you have no way of accessing the allocated memory to free it (ex. dropping the last remaining pointer to a `alloc`'d block in C) or the opposite in garbage collected languages: accidentally holding onto a strong reference to objects that should be freed.
  • kaba0 3y ago
    > the opposite in garbage collected languages: accidentally holding onto a strong reference to objects that should be freed So basically what I gave an easy example of. Sure, it won’t look like this in practice, you probably accidentally keep adding to a list, or a cache, but basically this is what happens. The former kind of leak can’t happen with tracing GCs.