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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...

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tjalfi  5 years ago

I also submitted it here in 2017[0].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14233542

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