[linkdink]

Is that really an old story? There's usually no memory allocation after initial startup in safety- and mission-critical systems. Rolling over past the max value of an integer data type is a thing though, and they do reboot for that.

[tobyjsullivan]

The parent probably meant it more as an urban legend rather than some sort of documented event.

[Kiro]

No, it's a real story. See sibling replies.