Comment on Sometimes I want to call malloc, just as a treat

• troyunrau@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hate to alarm you but… What is a file system except dynamically allocated memory. ;)

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  • Redkey@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a persistent dynamic memory allocation that’s accessed by multiple processes! :)

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    • bort@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      multiple processes?!

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      • noli@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        FreeRTOS tasks are basically processes, IIRC other rtoses have similar mechanics too

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      • frezik@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lots of microcontrollers have multiple cores now.

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  • sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And indeed, with memory mapped files the distinction almost disappears completely.

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• kevincox@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  a predefined set of files

  …with predefined sizes located in predefined regions of storage.

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  • bus_factor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s what I was implying, just didn’t want to write a whole novel about it.

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