Why Reference Counting Leaks Memory (The Cycle Problem)

Описание: Think Reference Counting is the perfect memory solution? Think again! 🧐 This 60-second short reveals the Achilles' Heel of GC: The Circular Reference Problem. See a live code example of how two objects can leak memory by pointing to each other, even when your program can no longer reach them!

#shorts #GarbageCollection
#ReferenceCounting #MemoryLeak #ComputerScience

#Coding

#Programming

#Python (Since the example used Python)

#Swift (Another popular language using Reference Counting/ARC)

#TechExplained

#memorymanagement

#ARC (Automatic Reference Counting)

#CPython