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“The iPhone doesn’t support garbage collection; it’s not fast enough. So iPhone apps tend to “leak memory,” or hang on to memory too long. Developers I’ve interviewed—even Apple Design Award winners—have mentioned to me that their iPhone apps are leaking memory almost constantly because they’re too lazy to be really anal about manual memory management. But since most iPhone apps are relatively simple, it’s not a big deal; you close the app and life goes on.”
Apple’s Tablet Apps Will Live and Die by One Nerdy Thing | TechWatch | Fast Company
