I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems should avoid using dynamic allocation because the ...

For desktop applications, where memory is freely available, these difficulties can be ignored. For embedded - generally real time - applications, ignoring the issue is not an option. Dynamic memory ...

Dealing with dynamic memory traditionally has been one of the most awkward issues of C and C++ programming. It is not surprising that some supposedly easier languages, such as Java, have introduced ...

A critical part of any parallel program is scalable memory allocation, which includes use of new as well as explicit calls to malloc, calloc, or realloc.Options include TBBmalloc (Intel Threading ...

These tools are used to detect application program errors, not kernel memory leaks. Two of these tools (mtrace and dmalloc) are part of the MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 2.1 product. The other ...