I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems should avoid using dynamic allocation because the ...

Last summer, I wrote a column entitled “Poor reasons for rejecting C++” in which I sought to dispel some misconceptions about C++. 1 Among the many reader comments posted online were some valid ...

Reserving memory moment to moment, as needed, without having to reserve a fixed amount ahead of time. Modern operating systems perform dynamic memory allocation for their own use. They may also ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Write program to run in parallel? Yes. Did you remember to use a Scalable Memory Allocator? No? Then read on … In my experience, making sure “memory allocation” for a program is ready for parallelism ...

Many laptops today use DYNAMIC shared/allocated video memory, which means you have no control how much shared video memory capacity you want to allocate yourself, the system does it for you. Am I ...

The SANS Institute recently released an updated version of its Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors. One of the most overlooked secure programming principles, "allocation of resources without ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...