Memory as a Programming Concept in C and C++ Frantisek Franek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Is to figure out when (and how) to free the allocated memory. For example, one of the more difficult aspects of C/C++ programming is dynamic memory management. C vs C++ : Embedded system, performance, size, object oriented programming, modular programming. There are a lot of alternatives to this approach. And I think EVERY programmer should have used a language that requires you to allocate and free memory (it is much easier now with the latest C++ standard and stuff like smart pointers but you still need to understand how new and delete work in order If you have been programming in Java, Scala, Ruby or Python for the last decade and never touched C or C++, now with C++11 I think it is time to learn C++11 and improve your programming skills while doing so. Course Description: This hands on C++ training course presents a thorough introduction to object-oriented programming in C++ for experienced C programmers. *p = 5; // run-time error: stack corruption. The motivation for this book came from years of observing computer science students at universities as well as professional programmers working in software development. Because there are no memory management concepts used here, there is no general solution to this problem and the programmer makes errors for sure as the code grows. Assuming readers have a basic familiarity with C or C++, Frantisek Franek describes the techniques, methods and tools available to develop effective memory. Embedded systems are often severely constrained in memory while still requiring high performance. This was used when programming “the old way” in C or C++, when alternative techniques where not so widely known, but you usually don't see this anymore in modern code. Since this results in a 4-byte pointer pointing to 1 byte of allocated memory, writing to this pointer will either cause a run-time error or will overwrite some adjacent memory. In contrast to the C-style cast, the static cast will allow the compiler to check that the pointer and pointee data types are compatible, which allows the programmer to catch this incorrect pointer assignment during compilation.