I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems should avoid using dynamic allocation because the ...

Rust is rapidly emerging as a preferred language for safety-critical and embedded systems, thanks to its memory safety guarantees and strong type system. However, its adoption is not without ...

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.

CISA Report Finds Most Open-Source Projects Contain Memory-Unsafe Code Your email has been sent Analysts found that 52% of open-source projects are written in memory-unsafe languages like C and C++.

If your production Linux system is logging memory allocation failures, it might still be able to keep running. But developers want to keep an eye on which code can survive a shortage of memory. In ...

DeepCode, the cloud service that uses machine learning to analyze codebases for security flaws and potential bugs, can now analyze C and C++ code. Trained by analyzing thousands of open source ...