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		zokier on Oct 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing 787s must be rebooted every 51 days to prev... For many processes where the lifecycle is limited, freeing memory can be waste of time; most notably freeing memory just before exiting is complete waste.

0xbadcafebee on Oct 17, 2022 [–]

Depending on your OS. And if you want to profile or move code around, it's better to free it asap.

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