Java swing program not closing after dispose is called on last window?

Because dispose() method only releases the resources.

This Pushing Pixels article: AWT shutdown and daemon threads discusses the AWT shutdown behaviour that was changed in 1.4. Still, the article notes that it can be tricky to get a clean shutdown.

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