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Arena allocator tips and tricks
Over the past year I’ve refined my approach to arena allocation . With practice, it’s effective, simple, and fast; typically as easy to use as garbage collection but without the costs. Depending on need, an allocator can weigh just 7–25 lines of code — perfect when lacking a runtime . With the core details of my own…
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Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2023
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2023 | Arena allocator tips and tricks by jandeboevrie | 288 | 91 |
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