Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:30:37 +0200 (METDST)
From: Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT Mathematik DOT TU-Chemnitz DOT DE>
To: Chirayu Krishnappa <chirayu AT radiolink DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: mem alloc taking up power of 2
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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Chirayu Krishnappa wrote:

> Now that is sheer wasting of memory. I think its a very bad idea to have
> implememnted it this way (the malloc()). Do the other compilers (watcom,
> visual c++, symantec etc) do the same?

As mentioned already by others, look at SET's page for an other
malloc.

And in general: The malloc function has nothing to do with
the compiler, it is part of libc and since I'm not using
that incompatible commercial compilers, I cannot say how
they work.

You can test it yourself by purchasing them and try.

Robert
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