In his latest post, Anatomy of a Program in Memory, Gustavo Duarte explains beautifully the way in which programs are laid out in memory. He explains things in a very clear and concise manner and the diagrams are amazingly helpful in illustrating what he’s talking about. I feel that memory management is where my C programming class left off, so this post is extremely helpful in deepening my understanding.

Further reading:

• C Variables: Eerily Close to the Machine
• Advanced Linux Programming
• Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson
• Blogging from the Command-Line
• Being Greedy With Bash