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Memory management in 40 major C projects, a survey https://lobste.rs/s/vdxevp #c https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/11/08/c-memory-management-survey.html

Pointer Provenance in Rust vs C++ https://lobste.rs/s/xmtjzq #c++ #rust https://sofiabelen.github.io/projects/pointer-provenance-in-rust-vs-cpp/

For the first time, a C++ standard failed to pass the national bodies https://lobste.rs/s/lrpb0m #c++ https://herecomesthemoon.net/2026/11/cpp26-failed-the-national-bodies/

Zero-initialisation shenanigans via @nytpu@tilde.zone https://lobste.rs/s/atrnvk #c #compilers https://napcakes.nekoweb.org/posts/zero-init/

Finding a vulnerability in Star Wars Episode I: Racer via @hugoarnal@mastodon.social https://lobste.rs/s/rfacq5 #c #security https://synacktiv.com/en/publications/star-wars-episode-i-racer

A faster Easter date function https://lobste.rs/s/alijyg #c++ #performance https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-easter

Playing classical music on a classic PC with GentleOS https://lobste.rs/s/xf23r4 #video #c #osdev #retrocomputing

So, using a buffer as both a source and a destination in sprintf() doesn't seem to be explicitly non-compliant. Like this: /* write something into buf */ sprintf(buf, "hello"); /* now use buf as a source string, and a destination. */ sprintf(buf, "(%s)", buf); And yet, i don't think it would be reasonable of me, given the rest of C, to expect this to work. #C

A C++ Quicksort Faster Than std::sort https://lobste.rs/s/qi2lni #c #c++ #performance https://tiki.li/blog/about_blqsort

What is malloc doing, anyway? https://lobste.rs/s/l75lxf #c #unix https://benmandrew.com/articles/what-is-malloc-doing-anyway

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Optimizing reference deletions in Git https://lobste.rs/s/ic1ora #c #performance #rust #vcs https://nayak.im/posts/optimizing-reference-deletion/

When a language’s creator and its owners strongly disagree: C++26 post-DIS, historical experience, and paths forward https://lobste.rs/s/vlagyq #pdf #c++ https://isocpp.org/files/papers/P4454R0.pdf

Libghostty 1.0 via @dgv@mastodon.social https://lobste.rs/s/0ouxwf #c #release #zig https://mitchellh.com/writing/libghostty-1-0

C++26 Disapproved https://lobste.rs/s/xvtufg #c++ https://andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/11/cpp26-dis-failed-how-does-cpp-survive/

Would you believe it's jank? https://lobste.rs/s/xbmjlj #video #c++ #clojure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHgApFhevrQ

the lost malloc() https://lobste.rs/s/ihqhia #c #historical #unix https://napcakes.nekoweb.org/posts/malloc/

The Problem with C++ Safety: Modern C++ Is a Mindset, Not a Standard https://lobste.rs/s/wq34n7 #c++ https://www.modernescpp.com/index.php/cpp-and-memory-safety-part-2/

Spooky C++ https://lobste.rs/s/4yxx6f #c++ https://www.nablag.com/spooky_cpp

No AI, 52 min. Build all Linux Files utils in C by Hand https://lobste.rs/s/daouvo #video #c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQRmSlcTq9c