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Time to retire a favourite C++ joke.

I have a favourite joke when teaching new and delete in C++. Alas, I believe
that attendees are now less likely to have seen the show it references. Therefore, I present it here for your
enjoyment (or not).

void fn()


{


     int tobias;

     delete &tobias;


}

You must never delete a never-newed.

If you have not watched Arrested Development, then the joke won’t make any sense without a bit of context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJF2VT-ymjM.

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