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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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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Cruft can be a hard thing to debug. Mainly when you're not used to memory issues and haven't learned all the best practices.

There's also zig if you want to play with memory. You'll know a lot about allocation, that's for sure.