Perl 5.8.1-RC4 release notes mention FreeBSD malloc upto 200 times slower than perl malloc

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 03:00:17PM +0800, Yusuf Goolamabbas wrote:

> Maybe the test case can assist FreeBSD kernel hackers to make malloc
> faster.

This is a FAQ.  For any algorithm one can come up with a workload that
makes it perform badly.  The trick is making it perform well for
common workloads, which FreeBSD's malloc does.

Kris
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