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Why do calculator manufactures like to reinvent the wheel?
03-10-2014, 10:44 AM (This post was last modified: 03-10-2014 10:44 AM by Paul Dale.)
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RE: Why do calculator manufactures like to reinvent the wheel?
The OS gives memory out to applications. The applications have to manage their memory themselves. When you use malloc/free in C, it generally grabs a pool of memory from the OS and dishes that out piecemeal.

For a calculator, the application/firmware has to do all the memory management itself.


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RE: Why do calculator manufactures like to reinvent the wheel? - Paul Dale - 03-10-2014 10:44 AM



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