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Re:What is malloc doing, anyway? by nialv7 on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:29AM (#50425326)
the stack is just a bump allocator. the unique thing about stack-only languages is lifetime management, not really how they allocate.
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Re:What is malloc doing, anyway? by saagarjha on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:59AM (#50425712)
A stack only language that called into malloc to service allocations would not be very interesting.
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