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From: mneerach@a.inf.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
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Subject: Re: Slow NewPtr on fx
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Date: 10 Sep 90 10:23:03 GMT
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In article <33606@cup.portal.com> jwhitnell@cup.portal.com (Jerry D Whitnell) writes:
>  A technique I prefer for allocating large
>chunks of fixed memory is to call NewHandle, followed by a MoveHHi and an
>HLock.  This puts the memory at the top of the heap where it is out of the
>way.  You may find this faster.

... or you may not. I have never done actual timing comparisons, but I often
had the impression that MoveHHi can be quite slow, since it seems to compact
more or less the whole heap.

>Jerry Whitnell
>SuperMac Technology

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher                                   mneerach@inf.ethz.ch
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