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vkaku
7y ago
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What was the malloc's original usecase? Storing logs?
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SlyShy
7y ago
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Manual memory allocation in the C programming language.
vkaku
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7y ago
Sigh, seriously, though. Some people tell me they used to store the Clickstream logs on S3 initially, because FTP was so unreliable.
Anyway, I don't expect Jeff Barr to answer that question, although I'd be happy if he did.
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