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This is good advice in general, but IIRC in practice it depends on the OS. malloc only fails on Linux if it runs out of virtual memory space for...

Somebody already mentioned Windows, but OpenBSD doesn't overcommit either, and Linux can be easily configured not to overcommit via sysctl...

Reminds me that if you're using Linux and especially if your hardware is limited (e.g. on an SBC) configure your system to use the almighty...