> > I have no idea why after all these years people still think
> > reference counting is a good idea. It's so trivial to find an
> > example where it utterly fails...
> 
>   Care to give this trivial example?

See the entry 'Moon instructs a student' in:

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html


To answer Andy's question, though:

I have no idea why after all these years people still think quicksort is
a good idea. It's so trivial to find an example where it takes O(n^2)
time.

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