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My understanding of types took a big step forward when I read some of Robert Harper's stuff. In particular, the blog post, Dynamic Languages are Static Languages, and his book, Practical Foundations for Programming Languages. (The book is a tome and I've only read parts of it but it's very good).

When it comes to understanding memory in C, another important aspect is understanding how linkers and loaders work. Also, it's good to know something about calling conventions.