From: tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Tom Wheeley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: windows <-> cwsdpmi
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 96 01:46:26 GMT
Organization: Adventures and Diving
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On Thursday, in article
     <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 961219085709 DOT 24763N-100000 AT is>
     eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il "Eli Zaretskii" wrote:

> >  This, unfortunately, is a speed optimization of the GNU C
> > compiler, so it can't easily be changed.
> 
> It has nothing to do with the compiler.  It's just a (mis)feature of the 
> `malloc' algorithm in DJGPP library (taken from the BSD libc, if memory 
> serves).  Volunteers are welcome to suggest alternative implementations 
> of `malloc' & Co., which are free of this problem.

I think you're right about the malloc source.  (Well, 2.00 at least)

BTW, does sbrk() stand for anything?  I think I've worked out what it does,
but I'm damned if I can work out what it _means_!

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