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Re:Tiny-C Compiler by ndiddy on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:51AM (#35135700)
That's kind of surprising they cared so much about memory use, a lot of one-shot C programs such as compilers don't bother freeing memory and let the OS clean up after them once they exit.
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Re:Tiny-C Compiler by ComputerGuru on Monday March 13, 2023 @10:11AM (#35135944)
I was about to comment and say the same thing, but as a graded learning exercise there is certainly value in that approach.
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