It's also the default on most distros these days since it means /tmp is always wiped on every reboot. (For a programming side, this also means that if you write

It's also the default on most distros these days since it means /tmp is always wiped on every reboot. (For a programming side, this also means that if you write a file to /tmp, it'll probably have the fastest read/write speed you can find on the OS, which can be desirable.)