On: In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

[woliveirajr]

I love how HN is so diverse and how many submissions' titles can be read in many ways.

Tip: this article is about a human, real-person garbage collector, and garbage is the real, physical waste that people put inside bins.

[nixpulvis → woliveirajr]

Yea I was trying to imagine how https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_%28graphics%29 uses its GC.

[segfaultbuserr → woliveirajr]

And "Cairo" refers to the physical city, not the graphics library ;-)

[microcolonel → segfaultbuserr]

That was my first thought "What? Cairo has GC?".

[laszlokorte → woliveirajr]

and it's on lithub.com, not github.com

[dunkelheit → laszlokorte]

Hilarious. This submission wins the "Most easily misread by a programmer" award.

[patrick5415 → dunkelheit]

Glad to know I’m not the only one surprised by the content of this story...

[ozzmotik → laszlokorte]

this joke, much like ogres (and onions), certainly has layers

[efa → woliveirajr]

Or just set on the fire escape!