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Date:      Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:33:30 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Yusuf Goolamabbas <yusufg@outblaze.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Perl 5.8.1-RC4 release notes mention FreeBSD malloc upto 200 times slower than perl malloc
Message-ID:  <20030909153330.GA5372@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030909070017.GA19395@outblaze.com>
References:  <20030909070017.GA19395@outblaze.com>

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On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 03:00:17PM +0800, Yusuf Goolamabbas wrote:

> Maybe the test case can assist FreeBSD kernel hackers to make malloc
> faster.

This is a FAQ.  For any algorithm one can come up with a workload that
makes it perform badly.  The trick is making it perform well for
common workloads, which FreeBSD's malloc does.

Kris

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