> There's a single page on heap vs stack allocation and it says malloc allocates memory to the heap. That's it. That's all you really need to know to do stuff

Every other C book seems to disagree, but OK.

Does the book cover the -> operator? Does it mention free and realloc? You need those to do stuff, at least.

> You obviously have a history with the author

How is this obvious, since it is incorrect?