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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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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Upvoted. This is something I learned rather recently. Sometimes it's more performant to slowly leak than it would be to free properly. Then take x amount of time to restart every n amount of time.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 21 hours ago

A middle ground is a memory pool or an object pool where you reuse the memory rather than free it. Instead, you free it all in one operation when that phase of your application is complete. I’ve seen this done for particle systems to reduce overhead.