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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ and a heap. If you’re familiar with how C-like languages use stack allocation,
this chapter will be a refresher. If you’re not, you’ll learn about this more
general concept, but with a Rust-y focus.

As with most things, when learning about them, we’ll use a simplified model to
start. This lets you get a handle on the basics, without getting bogged down
with details which are, for now, irrelevant. The examples we’ll use aren’t 100%
accurate, but are representative for the level we’re trying to learn at right
now. Once you have the basics down, learning more about how allocators are
implemented, virtual memory, and other advanced topics will reveal the leaks in
this particular abstraction.

# Memory management

These two terms are about memory management. The stack and the heap are
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