> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_acquisition_is_initia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_acquisition_is_initia... This example is specific to

> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_acquisition_is_initia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_acquisition_is_initia... This example is specific to C++ > (..) if your programme crashes there's no guarantee that you'll ever give the resources back. What guarantees can you have from a "crashing program", and by what definition of crashing? > RAII is a leaky abstraction Any abstraction is leaky if you look close enough.