Comment by binaryturtle
3 months ago
There are (older) OSes where this is NOT the case. Leaving things un-freed would leak memory after the application has terminated.
3 months ago
There are (older) OSes where this is NOT the case. Leaving things un-freed would leak memory after the application has terminated.
Sure. And the rare programmer reading this who is still using that OS knows they're the exception to the rule. To everyone else that fact is irrelevant.
It still matters when you try to keep your components truly portable (aka you're not just targeting the big 3).
Did you read the post you're responding to?
Sure, like prior to the invention of virtual memory. But those days are in the distant past.