From: "chris.danx" <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: access / freeing memory
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:50:24 +0100
Date: 2002-07-20T00:50:24+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CB1_8.2596$Lx2.147316@news8-gui.server.ntli.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pan.2002.07.19.11.55.21.740237.1504@gmx.net
"Jan Prazak" <janp9@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2002.07.19.11.55.21.740237.1504@gmx.net...
> Thanks for this long description. I have already some experience with
> pointers (in Pascal), so I have already found out how it works, but I
> didn't know anything about heap (I didn't even know what it is, I thought
> of some kind of a stack), so now I'm a bit wiser.
I made the point that the heap might not be a real entity (that depends on
the compiler), but it's still a good conceptual model to have in your head
when thinking about dynamic memory in normal use. Once you get the model,
learning the syntax and semantics is easier.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-19 23:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-16 0:52 access / freeing memory Jan Prazak
2002-07-15 22:22 ` tmoran
2002-07-16 13:54 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-16 11:51 ` Fabien Garcia
2002-07-16 22:59 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-16 15:42 ` Darren New
2002-07-16 22:59 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-17 5:22 ` Simon Wright
2002-07-17 21:36 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-24 0:25 ` David Thompson
2002-07-23 6:15 ` Kevin Cline
2002-07-18 18:22 ` chris.danx
2002-07-19 13:32 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-19 23:50 ` chris.danx [this message]
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2002-07-19 1:42 ` Robert A Duff
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