Interview Question for SDETs
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AnswersNone actually understands how garbage collection works, albeit people ask this in the interviews. Nonetheless, we are going to ask you something very similar. Here is the problem.
Take an array of bytes, perhaps 1MB in size.
Implement these two operations:ptr_structure = alloc ( amount_of_storage ) freeed = free ( ptr_structure )
Now, here is your problem. alloc must allocate contiguous storage. If it is not possible, you need to compact ( defragment ) memory. So, you need to implicitly write a :
defragment() // defragments memory
Worse is coming. Even imagining you have written a stop the world defragmenter, after you reallocate, how the ptr_structures would actually work?
- NoOne October 14, 2016 in India
Solve this whole problem.
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SDET Algorithm Assembly Computer Architecture & Low Level Computer Science Data Structures
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