Zig SHOWTIME
3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2020–2021
48:30 · 89K views · Jun 29, 2020
A Zig SHOWTIME talk by Benjamin Feng on what a memory allocator is, followed by an interview. It covers allocation strategies and different allocator types in Zig.
Recommended as a quick, clear overview of allocators and arenas that also shows how Zig approaches allocation.
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It's interesting that I saw this post minutes after watching the talk "What's a Memory Allocator Anyway?" by Benjamin Feng. It's ostensibly about Zig's allocation schemes, but it's more of a general overview of the varied (single-thread) allocation strategies in use today. It made me really want to try out arena allocators It's a quick watch at 1.5x speed, the last third is an interview. 1. this video
For an overview of how Zig does this and at the same time a nice overview on different types of allocators: What's a Memory Allocator Anyway? by Benjamin Feng this video
Would recommend watching the "What's a Memory Allocator, Anyway?" talk from Zig contributor Benjamin Feng: this video