Fork vs Thread

Before we understand the difference between a fork and thread we need to understand what is a process and elements of process.

Process

A process is a program in execution. When a operating system executes a program it is called a process. So we…

Understanding storage of strings in C++ - Part 1…. Stack or heap?

Programming in C was very straight forward. At least in terms of memory. We know where the variables are stored. They are not stored in the heap until unless we use malloc/calloc. C++ however have many many classes…

Understanding storage of strings in C++ — Part 2: Stack

In the previous article(, we tried to understand if string class stores the sting in stack or heap. In a gist, what we concluded in the…

Symbolism in NM

NM is a GNU development tool available in linux. It is used to extract symbols from object file and depict what kind of symbol it is. There are various types symbols nm can extract. In this article I am planning to explain a few of them.

Static vs Dynamic Library

Before we go to the difference between static and dynamic library lets understand what a library is and its uses.

MV vs CP

What is the difference between a mv and cp in linux. I use it all the time and never knew what is happening behind the scenes. I decided to…

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