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I got to avoid memory management for quite some time (feddit.org)
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Finally I have a valid reason to learn about memory management. It was also hella weird when encountering it.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 12 points 2 days ago

That sounds like it could be memory corruption. That should not happen because every string should be separated by a null terminator.