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		pm215 on Dec 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) Is there much benefit from delaying the zeroing to first-write rather than first-read (which I think is effectively where Linux does it)?

bodhiandphysics on Dec 28, 2021 | [–]

Probably not... but both ways are fine.

astrange on Dec 28, 2021 | [–]

I think the article is just incorrect and every system uses allocation on first read.

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