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From: randy@erik.UUCP (Randy Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Performance (also an R5 Toolkit Wish)
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Date: 29 Aug 90 14:31:46 GMT
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>Which other machines have a "fast malloc library" as part of their standard
>Un*x libraries? I'm particularly interested in (not necessarily in order of
>interest):
>	(1) Sun, (2) DEC RISC, (3) MIPS, (4) Data General Aviion, (5) Apollo

Well, they're not HARDLY on your list, but /usr/lib/libmalloc.a exits on
the Unix that Motorola Microcomputer Division ships on the boxes they call
Delta 3000's, 680x0-based systems that have X client libraries and servers
optional, and of course System V/386 (AT&T, etc.) has libmalloc.a as well.

Only thing is, when I use -lmalloc on the Motorola, none of the clients
work; all I get is "cannot open display."  Sigh. (I tried adding a call
to mallopt to set M_KEEP; no joy.  I haven't tried the 386 yet to see
if this is a generic bug or one Motorola has provided as added value or
merely some stupidity on my part...)

Randy Brown (uunet!erik!rbrown)