Google's Chrome team is looking at heap scanning to reduce memory-related security flaws in Chrome's C++ codebase, but the technique creates a toll on memory – except when newer Arm hardware is used.

If you have developed C or C++ applications, then you are no doubt aware of memory leaks and their pitfalls. Although the .Net CLR abstracts memory management from the developer, memory leaks can ...

When working with .Net, it is important to understand how the garbage collector works. The .Net CLR manages two different heaps, the small object heap (SOH) and the large object heap (LOH). This ...