Archive for October, 2009

OS X malloc

I could write a lot about OS X malloc.  Other people already have, and maybe I’ll write some more about it at a later date.  I just wanted to point out a couple of things to make people think a little.
The default allocator you get when you call malloc has a bunch of debugging support [...]

Posted by Eli Boling on October 29th, 2009 under C_Builder, Delphi, OS X | 7 Comments »

OS X Initial Stack Layout

This post falls into the category of ‘I don’t have anything better to write about just now.’  It’s been a little while since I’ve posted, and there was something vaguely interesting here, so why not, I figured.
So, when the MACH kernel loads up a task, it sets up the stack, and transfers control to the [...]

Posted by Eli Boling on October 13th, 2009 under C_Builder, Delphi, OS X | 3 Comments »