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Re:Memory Allocators 101 by richan90 on Thursday May 16, 2013 @05:59PM (#5721465)
We did exactly the same thing in my C programming course. Its funny how the best way to learn is to reimplement functions and algorithms that were revolutionary 30 years ago =)
Re:Memory Allocators 101 by jared314 on Thursday May 16, 2013 @09:07PM (#5722194)
That is why I love, and advocate, the nand2tetris[0] course. Reimplementing a simple machine from the nand up gives a new perspective.

[0] http://www.nand2tetris.org/