To summarize the next many paragraphs in just one: A toaster operates for only a limited amount of time (‘3 minutes’), and therefore the efficiency of the code running it (if it’s digitally ran) is irrelevant to your life in the kitchen. So if a computer environment was only evoked for ‘3 minutes’ what does it matter if it leaks memory or bogs down over time, assuming that the reliable running time is greater than ‘3 minutes’.
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