A [memory pool][mp-wiki] is a data structure for allocating fixed-size memory blocks. This definition has stayed same since I learned it around 2010. Although you can find more general definitions via Google, those are the minority.
The APIs of memory pool implementations vary, but they generally look like:
I first leanred about "arena" when I was trying to understand the internal of [glibc malloc][glibc-alloc] around 2010, but I [later realized][trend] the concept is narrowly defined [in][arena1] [other][arena2] [context][arena3]. This blog post explains the difference in definition and the limitations in the so-called "arena allocators" we use today.
WARNING: Article moved to separate repo to allow users contributions: https://github.com/raysan5/custom_game_engines
A couple of weeks ago I played (and finished) A Plague Tale, a game by Asobo Studio. I was really captivated by the game, not only by the beautiful graphics but also by the story and the locations in the game. I decided to investigate a bit about the game tech and I was surprised to see it was developed with a custom engine by a relatively small studio. I know there are some companies using custom engines but it's very difficult to find a detailed market study with that kind of information curated and updated. So this article.
Nowadays lots of companies choose engines like [Unreal](https:
Orthodox C++ (sometimes referred as C+) is minimal subset of C++ that improves C, but avoids all unnecessary things from so called Modern C++. It's exactly opposite of what Modern C++ suppose to be.
collecting links and documents about the topic
Object Systems (2004, as used in Thief 1998) http://chrishecker.com/images/6/6f/ObjSys.ppt
