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pornel
· 2026-10-11 Sun 10:23 UTC ·
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It's a mistake to assume that Linux with overcommit is the only platform that C runs on.
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delifue
· 2026-10-11 Sun 11:21 UTC ·
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Overcommit is very common now, including desktop, mobile and server, even in contianers. Checking malloc returning null only prevents OOM in places like embedded.