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		okanat 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Note on Fil-C On 64-bit systems (esp Linux ones) malloc almost never returns NULL but keeps overallocating (aka overcommiting). You don't get out of memory errors / kills until you access it.

sibellavia 25 days ago [–]

Exactly. Also, it is extremely rare.

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