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even among performance minded folks, there's a persistent myth that malloc is "pretty fast" when in fact it's so performance hostile that big game productions ban it at link time, to eliminate the damage it causes

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@bmcnett How can you ban that at link time?

@bmcnett How can you ban that at link time?

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date2023-12-23
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description@bmcnett How can you ban that at link time?

Dec 23, 20231 min read

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  • URL: https://x.com/SimonWagar/status/1738613045088133429
  • Author: Simon Wagar 📯🇺🇦 (@SimonWagar)
  • Posted: 2023-12-23 17:30:26

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How can you ban that at link time?

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remove it from the table of symbols that are legal to link against

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