Comment by zamalek
5 years ago
Raymond Chen has an amusing story about this[1]:
> Since the missile will explode when it hits its target or at the end of its flight, the ultimate in garbage collection is performed without programmer intervention.
[1]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180228-00/?p=98...
I also submitted it here in 2017[0].
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14233542