On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> 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 ;)
According to CHANGES:
04.09.2000 ver 1.22
* performance: new: "-Dusemymalloc Perl Build Option" (Doug, Jeffrey
W. Baker)
Ask Doug :) Ask Jeffrey W. Baker :) Ask Ask? :)
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