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Comment by LinaLauneBaer | Hacker News Reader

Reference counting does not avoid using something after freeing it...

Then the reference counting is not properly implemented, otherwise reference count would be greater than zero.

    object = create_object() // RC 1
    object.release() // RC 0 => will be released
    // ...
    object.doSomething() // Used after object was released

?

I think parent means reference counting built into the language (like Python)

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