@brion @mcc even as exactly the kind of weirdo who...

@brion @mcc even as exactly the kind of weirdo who would find it interesting to write their own malloc, god do I despise how much you have to do in vulkan just to render a triangle

Like 3 May 2023 at 4:27 | Wall-to-wall | Open on tech.lgbt

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mcc

@pyro @brion I've implemented malloc! It wasn't really that interesting. I would be mildly annoyed if an API required me to do it again.

Now, implementing a linear allocator with compacting GC… THAT'S interesting. >_>

3 May 2023 at 13:45 | Open on mastodon.social

pyro

@mcc I ended up writing my own reference counted allocator for a virtual machine project several years ago now, and it was fun to learn with but *awful* performance-wise (which is probably to be expected). still, if I were to work on a project that required GC again, that sounds like a fun rabbit hole to get sucked into!

3 May 2023 at 13:52 | Open on tech.lgbt

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