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by vkaku 2683 days ago
What was the malloc's original usecase? Storing logs?
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SlyShy 2683 days ago
Manual memory allocation in the C programming language.
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vkaku 2682 days ago
Sigh, seriously, though. Some people tell me they used to store the Clickstream logs on S3 initially, because FTP was so unreliable.

Anyway, I don't expect Jeff Barr to answer that question, although I'd be happy if he did.

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