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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: FreeBSD page better than Linux?
Date: 08 Sep 1995 04:15:12 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: nate@trout.sri.MT.net's message of 7 Sep 1995 00:42:54 GMT
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In article <42lf6e$f17@helena.MT.net> nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) writes:
In article <MICHAELV.95Sep5185933@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
[ FreeBSD using more real memory than Linux in same applications ]
>In article <42iicc$hlk@news.jf.intel.com> haertel@ichips.intel.com (Mike Haertel) writes:
> If this is true, does anyone have any idea to what extent it might be
> because FreeBSD is still using the ancient powers-of-two Caltech malloc?
>Sounds like a lot of hear-say bull to me...
While I appreciate your comments normally, this 'hear-say bull' is out
of line. If you haven't done your homework, then don't assume someone
else hasn't either.
No, you missed my point entirely, Nate. The hear-say bull is that
FreeBSD binaries use way more memory than Linux binaries... My
comment had nothing to do with the malloc controversy. I link all my
binaries with GNU malloc anyway, so I guess you'd say I agree with
you.
[ FYI - Mike is the author of GNU malloc ]
Am not! ;-)
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