What is heap fragmentation ?

Posted by user on 05 Jul 2009

Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. You want to know what is heap fragmentation.

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Tags: boost, c++, heap, Uncategorized, virtual memory

Reducing heap pressure

Posted by user on 14 Jun 2009

C++ is the world of do-it-yourself memory management. When discussing programming with someone, as I reach the point where I tell that I mainly work with C++ the first thing I hear is "Oh... But you have to deallocate memory yourself... That's so cumbersome and obsolete!"

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Tags: boost, c++, heap, pool, Uncategorized