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I disagree that it’s a small semantic difference. I don’t think it’s clickbait though, I think the author was just misusing terminology.

• hyperpape 3y ago
  I said it was subtle, not small. I agree it's a valuable distinction.
  • mratsim 3y ago
    A memory leak means it leaks, it's not anymore under control. Here the memory is under control, it can be reclaimed by the program.