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The locker metaphor to teach dynamic memory

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Some students experience difficulties when first introduced to dynamic memory. The goal of this paper is to present an analogy between dynamic memory programming and a real-world example that will help students in understanding the underlying concepts behind dynamic memory: a left-luggage room with lockers.

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          cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
          ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 29, Issue 1
          March 1997
          388 pages
          ISSN:0097-8418
          DOI:10.1145/268085
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          • cover image ACM Conferences
            SIGCSE '97: Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
            March 1997
            410 pages
            ISBN:0897918894
            DOI:10.1145/268084

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