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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: malloc(3) vs. malloc(3x)
Keywords: ultrix, 4.3-tahoe
Message-ID: <15367@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 89 06:49:46 GMT
References: <1418@leah.Albany.Edu> <3405@ingr.com>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <3405@ingr.com> crossgl@ingr.com (Gordon Cross) writes:
>The difference between malloc(3C) and malloc (3X) is speed:  the latter version
>runs on average about 9 times faster. ...

Not so (see Keywords).  Malloc(3c) is slower only in SysV environments.

(In other words, Gordon is right, but not in the context under discussion.)
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