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Malloc(3) in modern Virtual Memory environments.
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Revised 
Fri Apr  5 12:50:07  1996
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Poul-Henning Kamp
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<phk@FreeBSD.org>
Den Andensidste Viking
Valbygaardsvej 8
DK-4200 Slagelse
Denmark
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Malloc/free is one of the oldest parts of the C language environment
and obviously the world has changed a bit since it was first made.
The fact that most UNIX kernels have changed from swap/segment to
virtual memory/page based memory management has not been sufficiently
reflected in the implementations of the malloc/free API.
.PP
A new implementation was designed, written, tested and bench-marked
with an eye on the workings and performance characteristics of modern
Virtual Memory systems.
.AE
