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		kevin_thibedeau 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding Memory Management, Part 1: C abort() isn't an option on all modern systems.

josephg 11 months ago [–]

It’s an option on most systems.

Maybe not in embedded work - but in that case you might want to preallocate memory anyway.

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