Where did variable = null as “object destroying” come from?

Question

Working on a number of legacy systems written in various versions of .NET, across many different companies, I keep finding examples of the following pattern:

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Answer 1

I think it used to be a common misunderstanding among former C/C++ developers. They knew that the GC will free their memory, but they didn't really understand when and how. Just clean it and carry on :)