Okay,<BR> I'm reading my old C++ textbooks from college and they all talk about dynamic memory allocation. We all know that when creating objects at compile time that they will be allocated to the ...

Reserving memory moment to moment, as needed, without having to reserve a fixed amount ahead of time. Modern operating systems perform dynamic memory allocation for their own use. They may also ...

Back when I was deep into building embedded control systems (and snow was always 20 feet deep and going to and from school was up hill both ways), the use of dynamic memory allocation was forbidden.

Hi,<P>I am having problem allocating memory to read and write in binary mode.<P>The program I am working on reads data from a file and write the data back to a second file. Both process are done ...

To ensure reliability of any embedded application which involves extensive usage of stack and heap, it is critical for the system designer to anticipate the maximum stack and heap utilization of the ...

Last summer, I wrote a column entitled “Poor reasons for rejecting C++” in which I sought to dispel some misconceptions about C++. 1 Among the many reader comments posted online were some valid ...

Limiting the amount of RAM used by the TCP/IP stack in embedded systems improves the device’s security and reliability.

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