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Building malloc from Scratch: Architecture & Core Concepts
A developer documents building a cross-platform memory allocator in C from scratch, implementing malloc, calloc, realloc, and free. The project uses an mmap-based approach instead of sbrk for better cross-platform compatibility and isolation. It features an explicit free-list design with a modular OS abstraction layer for Linux and Windows.
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This deep dive into allocator internals is valuable for systems programmers, but the educational focus means it won't replace production-grade allocators like jemalloc or tcmalloc.
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