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Re: [MiNT] SpareMiNT Perl

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:48:24PM +0100, Frank Naumann wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> > hmm, it is not so good. The newest kernels need more memory (I don't understand
> > it, but with kernel 1.15.6 the AES has half amount of memory as with
> > 1.15.9(10) - can somebody explain this?).
> 
> How do you measured that?

With "free"?

If all blocks are page-aligned, isn't it possible that small mallocs will
waste a lot of memory?  This shouldn't happen with a libc malloc (because
it will page-align itself and administrate the blocks on its own
behalf) but it could happen if you use the plain OS call.

Ciao

Guido