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From: jwz@teak.berkeley.edu (Jamie Zawinski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: resource tracking
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Date: 13 Feb 90 17:54:52 GMT
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In article <352@amgraf.UUCP> huver@amgraf.UUCP (Huver) writes:
> If a person is not supposed to throw dirty socks around the house, whether
> he/she lives alone or not, why is it "a good idea" that some O/S should
> provide resource tracking?  The computer is supposed to follow you closely
> and silently pick up the dirty socks you throw around, is that it?

Some of us call that "Garbage Collection."