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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 You need it in tools, it's impossible to produce good enough tools on time without it (or new/delete).

@bmcnett You need it in tools, it's impossible to produce good enough tools on time without it (or new/delete).

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description@bmcnett You need it in tools, it's impossible to produce good enough tools on time without it (or new/delete).

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  • URL: https://x.com/__malkia__/status/1740889315079757994
  • Author: benderfeddenshten (@malkia)
  • Posted: 2023-12-30 00:15:31

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You need it in tools, it’s impossible to produce good enough tools on time without it (or new/delete). Not yet at least. Hence using something like mimalloc, snmalloc, rpmalloc, jemalloc and the likes

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