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Dear mr. Bernstein,

>=20
> > reduce the malloc cache to 0
>=20
> Measure. Don't speculate.
>
Ehrm... No, sorry. He can speculate if he likes, and you can measure. =
You have the problem and therefore a context to measure in, and he does =
not.

    Kees Jan

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