To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: malloc
Date:	Mon, 10 May 93 15:20:30 PDT
From:	Jonathan Ryshpan <jon%amito DOT halsp DOT hitachi DOT com AT hitachi DOT hitachi DOT com>

>I read an article some years back that discussed various memory allocation
>schemes... 

Memory allocation is discussed in GORY detail (as usual) in Don Knuth's
"Fundamental Algorithms", section 2.5.  In brief: "First fit" is better 
than "best fit".

Of course the best thing is to tune the algorithm for your application.

Jonathan Ryshpan		<jon AT halsp DOT hitachi DOT com>

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