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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386BSD] time for better malloc?
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Date: 25 Nov 92 20:20:24 GMT
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In article <1f0i66INNj9o@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ljo@murphy.eeap.cwru.edu (L. Jonas Olsson) writes:
|> I don't know if FSF's malloc is the best to switch to, but the original does
|> not seem to be suitable for this kind of data allocation. I also have not
|> tried to compile all of the system with a new malloc.

Hmmm I don't think that's a good idea. There's all sorts of highly specialized
applications that do all sorts of horrible things and they may all want a
different malloc() strategy.

The question IMHO is whether the version in question *works*. Ther seem to
be malloc versions around that aren't doing the correct thing...

-Bernard
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