As designs increase in complexity, the density of memories that they connect to has also increased. It is not uncommon to see gigabyte memories. Having large memories comes with its own set of ...

I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems should avoid using dynamic allocation because the ...

Q: I’ve heard that an application built using static linking may run faster than a dynamic-linked application using shared libraries. I’ve also heard static linking is discouraged in Solaris 2. What ...