alt Hacker NewsI think you've got yourself confused. The heap is what malloc is allocating. So it's like you said "Surely this is somewhere in Europe, not France?" or "Surely this is a round shape, not a circle?"
I think you've got yourself confused. The heap is what malloc is allocating. So it's like you said "Surely this is somewhere in Europe, not France?" or "Surely this is a round shape, not a circle?"
Not when we’re talking about a JVM, which has its own heap that does not use malloc.