Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/19/22:54:57
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eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il "Eli Zaretskii" wrote:
> > This, unfortunately, is a speed optimization of the GNU C
> > compiler, so it can't easily be changed.
>
> It has nothing to do with the compiler. It's just a (mis)feature of the
> `malloc' algorithm in DJGPP library (taken from the BSD libc, if memory
> serves). Volunteers are welcome to suggest alternative implementations
> of `malloc' & Co., which are free of this problem.
I think you're right about the malloc source. (Well, 2.00 at least)
BTW, does sbrk() stand for anything? I think I've worked out what it does,
but I'm damned if I can work out what it _means_!
:sb) please send mail to <tw104 AT york DOT ac DOT uk> http://www.york.ac.uk/~tw104/
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