The Double Headed Stack Allocator(blog.demofox.org)
80 points by g0xA52A2A | 28 comments
A blog post on demofox.org describing the double headed stack allocator, a memory allocation technique that allocates from both ends of a buffer.
#memory-allocation on Hacker News
3 stories tagged memory-allocation, newest first.
Eight Bytes Are a Number(blog.sebastiansastre.co)
6 points by sebastianconcpt | 2 comments
Blog post by Sebastian Sastre arguing that reading numbers or types from bytes shouldn't require allocating a separate buffer, since eight bytes already are a number.
Memory Allocation(samwho.dev)
1195 points by thecoppinger | 168 comments
An interactive blog post by Sam Rose visually explaining the basics of memory allocation, how simple allocators work, and techniques like free lists and fragmentation handling.