On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Ian Kallen wrote:
> So, my question for this group: why would I want usemymalloc=y on Solaris
> 2.6? Besides having to rebuild a somewhat complex mod_perl compile, I'm
> not looking forward to rebuilding all libraries with XS code so any
> insight as to the ins and outs of compiling w/ and w/o usemymalloc would
> be much appreciated!
>From the guide:
It seems that Linux still defaults to system malloc so you might want to
configure Perl with -Dusemymalloc. Perl's malloc is not much of a win
under linux, but makes a huge difference under Solaris
I don't know who established this though. Ask Stas ;)
-dave
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