Question

What happens to your computer while a program like this is executing?

\[#include #include int main(void) { while (malloc(sizeof(char))); return 0; }\]

Answer 1

http://ideone.com/2py44

Answer 2

Since there is no garbage collection (like in Java), it will eventually run out of memory (heap space?)

Answer 3

On my computer it just keeps running unless I increase the size of the chunks in malloc like sizeof(char) << 20 to allocate megabyte chunks

Answer 4

how many megabytes can your computer allocate?

Answer 5

What compiler do you use?

Answer 6

I'll try it out before I can tell you!

Answer 7

http://ideone.com/uQTWW

Answer 8

I use MinGW

Answer 9

I can allocate an int array of up to about 520000, using devC++, which is a cousin of MinGW.

Answer 10

you already asked this question, havent you? :P

Answer 11

Ditto to Tomas, this looks almost exactly like a previous question you asked.