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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Renato F. Cantao" <cantao AT ime DOT unicamp DOT br>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 16:43:25 +0000
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Subject: Re: Memory allocation!
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"Renato F. Cantao" <cantao AT ime DOT unicamp DOT br> asked:

> 	I'm working on some mathematics implementations involving large
> amounts of memory allocation. So my questions are:
> 
> 	1. Operator "new" and "malloc" are speed-equivalent?

Almost, new is a wrapper, so it makes some extra checks.

> 	2. Despite the answer, does exist a better (=faster!) way to
> allocate memory?

Yes: do your own custom routine optimized for your allocation scheme! ;-)

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