da_cow (she/her)@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 days agoI got to avoid memory management for quite some timefeddit.orgimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1318arrow-down1imageI got to avoid memory management for quite some timefeddit.orgda_cow (she/her)@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 days agomessage-square65linkfedilinkfile-text
Finally I have a valid reason to learn about memory management. It was also hella weird when encountering it.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoUsually what’s meant by a memory leak is memory that’s allocated but never freed. Writing outside of array allocation would usually be considered an overflow. Which sounds kinda similar but is not the same.
Usually what’s meant by a memory leak is memory that’s allocated but never freed. Writing outside of array allocation would usually be considered an overflow. Which sounds kinda similar but is not the same.