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Sometimes I want to call malloc, just as a treat(lemmy.world)

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Ephera@lemmy.ml
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Nevermind using such frivolous things as a file system.

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bus_factor@lemmy.world
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Using a file system is much less bad than dynamically allocating memory, at least as long as you keep a predefined set of files.

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Troy@lemmy.ca
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I hate to alarm you but… What is a file system except dynamically allocated memory. ;)

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Redkey@programming.dev
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It’s a persistent dynamic memory allocation that’s accessed by multiple processes! :)

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sunbeam60@lemmy.one
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And indeed, with memory mapped files the distinction almost disappears completely.

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kevincox@lemmy.ml
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a predefined set of files

…with predefined sizes located in predefined regions of storage.

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bus_factor@lemmy.world
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Yeah, that’s what I was implying, just didn’t want to write a whole novel about it.

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