The heap. The remainder of the dynamic storage area is commonly allocated to the heap, from which application programs may dynamically allocate memory, as required. Dynamic Memory in C. In C, dynamic ...

Understanding Pointers. At their core, pointers are variables that store the memory addresses of other variables. They allow for efficient memory manipulation and dynamic memory allocation, but they ...

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 ...