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C. MilanesiBeginning Rusthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7208-4_11

11. Allocating Memory

Carlo Milanesi1  
(1)
Bergamo, Italy
 
In this chapter, you will learn:

  • The various kinds of memory allocation, their performance characteristics, and their limitations

  • How to specify in Rust which memory allocation to use for an object

  • The difference between a reference and a Box

The Various Kinds of Allocation

To understand the Rust language, but also any other systems programming language, like C language, it is important to understand well the various concepts of memory allocation, like static allocation, stack allocation, and heap allocation.

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