Why you Should NEVER Use Malloc in Real-Time Systems

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Well, not never, but avoid it unless it fits the scope of your design. :)
Custom allocators will always be a better option!

Dynamic Memory Allocation:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dynamic-memory-allocation-in-c-using-malloc-calloc-free-and-realloc/

Article which inspired me to make this:
https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelKissner/20151104/258271/Writing_a_Game_Engine_from_Scratch__Part_2_Memory.php

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