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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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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

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Anything I run in C# or similar seems to allocate 512GB of virtual address space and then just populates what it actually uses.