I have a programming related confession to make...

When I first learnt C++, in programs like dynamic linked list, I was cautioned about "orphaned" memory when using pointers.

The term stuck in my mind that whenever I wrote in C/C++, I would always manually check each line of pointer code before running it for the first time. Of course, I made errors but I was always anxious that even if the output is not as expected, that I shouldn't create orphaned memory.

In Java, I didn't care as much and felt more free, because atleast for whatever I was writing Garbage collector will handle that. Maybe I wasn't a good programmer due to this nervousness caused by calling it "orphaned" memory -- words are powerful.

I remembered this when Kaiji-san was talking about panic

(Why call something panic? Even hearing it makes me uncomfortable 😔)