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Date: | Tue, 9 May 2000 15:56:59 -0400 |
Message-Id: | <200005091956.PAA28210@envy.delorie.com> |
From: | DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> |
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Zaretskii on Tue, 9 May 2000 15:06:15 -0400 (EDT)) | |
Subject: | Re: Perfomance of gc-simple |
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> Yes, but why use mmap for that? Why not use sbrk? When you're done with the mmap'd memory, you can unmap it and release it to the system. With sbrk you can only return it to your local heap, and even then it remains fragmented. Plus, individual mmap'd regions can be grown as needed.
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