Dangling resources are common in any language. Ports don't get reclaimed, file descriptors are opened and never closed... the same principles apply. Its funny

Dangling resources are common in any language. Ports don't get reclaimed, file descriptors are opened and never closed... the same principles apply. Its funny since I actually started writing code for particle accelerator research as well, although it was a mixture of terrible C and F77. Physicists and mathematicians are good at their respective fields, but not necessarily coding sadly (I used to be both). Would the code have been better with a different language? Doubtful. They used literally zero established patterns and wrote everything with copy paste and with zero regard for what the machine actually did. To each their own though. I'm glad your projects and line of work afford you the ability to work with a GC. Mine do not.