Talk on what memory allocators are, from a Zig contributor.
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Would recommend watching the "What's a Memory Allocator, Anyway?" talk from Zig contributor Benjamin Feng: this video
What's a Memory Allocator Anyway? - Benjamin Feng
89K views · Jun 29, 2020 · 48:30 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2020–2021
A Zig SHOWTIME talk by Benjamin Feng on what a memory allocator is, followed by an interview. It covers allocation strategies and different allocator types in Zig.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a quick, clear overview of allocators and arenas that also shows how Zig approaches allocation.
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General overview of single-thread allocation strategies; quick watch, makes you want arenas.
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It's interesting that I saw this post minutes after watching the talk "What's a Memory Allocator Anyway?" by Benjamin Feng. It's ostensibly about Zig's allocation schemes, but it's more of a general overview of the varied (single-thread) allocation strategies in use today. It made me really want to try out arena allocators It's a quick watch at 1.5x speed, the last third is an interview. 1. this video
Nice overview of how Zig works and different allocator types.
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For an overview of how Zig does this and at the same time a nice overview on different types of allocators: What's a Memory Allocator Anyway? by Benjamin Feng this video