# Zig for C programmers guide?

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**Category:** Explain\
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-for-c-programmers-guide/5909 "2024-09-06T22:02:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dee0xeed](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dee0xeed](https://ziggit.dev/u/dee0xeed)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-for-c-programmers-guide/5909/26 "2024-09-08T13:18:21Z")

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> [@dee0xeed](#):
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> Problems of C, and how Zig addresses them

> Any standard library function that allocates on the heap receives an `Allocator` as parameter. Anything that doesn’t do so won’t allocate on heap, guaranteed

Actually [it’s not guaranteed at all](https://ziggit.dev/t/wildcat-allocations-and-allocator-scope/2257).

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