--- title: "Discussion on \"Implementing Garbage Collection In C\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"Implementing Garbage Collection In C\". How to free all allocated memory and prevent memory leaks 🌬️" url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [Implementing Garbage Collection In C](https://mcsavvy.hashnode.dev/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How to free all allocated memory and prevent memory leaks 🌬️ Nov 23, 2022 · 6 min read · mcsavvy.hashnode.dev Read the article - [#garbagecollection](https://hashnode.com/tag/garbagecollection) - [#c](https://hashnode.com/tag/c) - [#cpp](https://hashnode.com/tag/cpp) - [#memory-management](https://hashnode.com/tag/memory-management) ## Written by [David John](https://hashnode.com/@mcsavvy) @mcsavvy · Lagos, Nigeria [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@mcsavvy) I am creator - turning lines of code into bridges of possibility. Professional Biography: In the technology realm, others see code. I see art. 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I view these technologies as tools for innovation rather than things that are far off in the future. ## Responses 5 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [Vela Lim](https://hashnode.com/@velalim) [Mar 10, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/640adff3e3de6419e7485041) Excellent Blog [Afam Ugwuanyi](https://hashnode.com/@Phyro) [Nov 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/637f6d7ae391b6dfe6538892) That's a very nice implementation. It takes care of malloc and free all at once so that you don't have to keep track of the malloced memory but what happens when someone deletes a memory in the list and that memory is no more accessible. Then won't the whole structure come apart and create even bigger leaks? [David John](https://hashnode.com/@mcsavvy) [Nov 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/637f6d7ae391b6dfe6538892#reply-637f81aad25c5ee451788bae) Bro, in C, there are so many ways to break a program if you're a little intention about doing it. That person better be careful. [David John](https://hashnode.com/@mcsavvy) [Nov 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/637f5fd50d2fc8df7adde8fe) Okay I'll make a video on it. But before then, what part did you not understand? [Divine-favour Ojo](https://hashnode.com/@DivineTech) [Nov 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/637f5f3c0d2fc8df7adde8bc) Thanks, but Somethings are still not clear I'll appreciate if you can explain to me through a live video [Abdullah Ismail](https://hashnode.com/@Torbary) [Nov 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/637ebca5d7d9bcd845995f52) Dave, nice content. Have you ever code in C before you joined Alx? [David John](https://hashnode.com/@mcsavvy) [Nov 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/implementing-garbage-collection-in-c/637ea89825817f76a27be716/comment/637ebca5d7d9bcd845995f52#reply-637ebdcfd7d9bcd845995f91) No I didn't even know what C looked like till I joined ALX.