Mastering Algorithms with C

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C++

An object-oriented language that enforces many practices of good software engineering. As one example, it supports constructors and destructors for datatypes. These mechanisms provide a compact way of managing memory within instances of the type, thus avoiding many of the problems associated with memory leaks and pointers in C.

Heap-based allocation

The type of memory allocation provided by the C functions malloc and realloc. Heap-based allocation is often called dynamic storage allocation. This allows a program to request more memory as it needs it rather than allocating a fixed amount at compile time.