Learn Memory Management in C
Learn how to manually manage memory in C and build a garbage collector from scratch.
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TJ DeVries
TJ DeVries (aka "teej") has never worked at Netflix, but if you've heard of Neovim, well, he's a maintainer! It's really not a big deal. He's also a top telescope.nvim contributor and knows how to read, which is impressive. He used to work at Sourcegraph before becoming a full time coding educator and content creator.
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Memory management is something that every programmer needs to deal with and understand at some point. If you're used to working with languages and tools that handle it for you, this course will teach you how all that works under the hood. You'll even build your own garbage collectors from scratch. This course will teach you the C basics you need for the course, but it's not a course about C, it's about memory.
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Tyler Shetrompf
United States
Amazing Course!
Domingo Batista
Dominican Republic
Starts easy, but at the end it becomes really challanging. Sometimes I did not really know what I actually did and just went on with the assignment. Overall it is an amazing sneak peek into the complex machinery of a garbage collected language like python. I really enjoyed the journey into the world of C.
Thomas Hultsch
Germany
Hard course for new c players;
Erfan Alizadeh Noohi
Turkey
Intersting course; great change of scene from the ususal programming style. Must know knowledge for anyone looking to be that bit more as a programer. You dont learn this with javascript.
Davey
Somewhere, Earth
One of the best courses on boot.dev!
Donna Marijne
United Kingdom
This was a fun and sometimes challenging course. Been some time I worked in C and using pointers. Good to understand how garbage collectors work and to implement the logic for ref counting and mark and sweep.
Conrad van Woudenberg
Delft, The Netherlands
Pointers are confusing, and C is very particular. But it's incredibly rewarding to climb that mountain. Boots is always there to sherpa the way.
Ben Lewis
United States
its comprehensive, but still easy to grasp and understand. boots is also helpful at rephrasing concepts and helping you understand them better
MJ
Netherlands
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