Hi all,
This week I’m going to talk about this effect known as Cascading Chain Effect. One can take an analogy from a database system; this effect known as Cascading Deletion or Drop. That means, the deletion of a certain item, record or table in the database will automatically result in the deletion of other objects.
But Cascading Chain Effect is not exactly Cascading Deletion.
So what is it exactly? Read on… Read the rest of this entry »
Dear all,
I’m currently in KL working now. However, I’ve managed to eek out some time to make a post anyway.
This week I’ll be talking about one of the most commonly used savior - reference counting pointers!
I’ll be straight with you all, reference counting pointer in most cases, can resolve most of your memory issues. If used properly with data structures, they can easily prove to be one of the most invaluable weapons at your disposal.
However, even with all that, is reference counting pointer our sole savior?
Let’s find out. Read the rest of this entry »
Dear all!
After serving the nation for 2 weeks, I’ve finally returned to civilization! This week, I’m going to share with you some of the terms I’ve picked out previously over the last few months.
Those who have read my previous posts would have known that I’ve written an article on Design-based leaks aka Legal leaks. Have you heard of the term - Memory Hogging?
So, what’s the difference between the two? How can we find them? How do we tackle memory hogging?
Let’s find out… Read the rest of this entry »