The following excerpt is from chapter 3, User-Level Memory Management, of Arnold Robbins’ book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, Prentice Hall PTR; (April 12, 2004), used with ...

A new book proposes that human memory is like a Lego tower, built from the ground up, broken down, put away and rebuilt each time it’s called to mind. LeventKonuk/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus.

There are also ways to improve your memory in day-to-day life. For example, there is a technique called "retrieval practice," the authors said. This strategy works by retrieving facts from a memory.

We’ll start with the perils of memory management in languages like C and C++, which do not use garbage collection. ... He is also the author of several books on Windows programming.

Rust’s ownership and borrowing mechanisms guarantee memory safety at run time. Here’s how to use them in your programs. The Rust programming language shares many concepts with other languages ...