Message-ID: <352299EA.5F1FF492@johnbryce.co.il>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 22:47:54 +0300
From: Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>
Organization: John Bryce Training Centre L.T.D
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To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: malloc & free
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John M. Aldrich wrote:

> The answer is quite simple:  DJGPP's malloc()/free() does not return
> freed memory blocks to the system; it keeps track of them for possible
> reuse later.  At program termination, all allocated memory is returned
> to the DPMI host.

Is it faster to reuse freed memory than asking the dpmi server for it again?

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