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[Caml-list] Where does Ocaml spend all the time?

Florian Hars
- Sven LUTHER
- Xavier Leroy
  - Florian Hars
    - Xavier Leroy
      - Chris Hecker
- Daniel de Rauglaudre
  - Florian Hars
- Remi VANICAT

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Chris Hecker <checker@d...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Where does Ocaml spend all the time?


>It's for programs that allocate a lot.  A C or C++ program with the
>same allocation behavior would typically spend 50 to 90% of its time
>in malloc() and free()  :-)

Except you can actually control when C allocates memory, as opposed to OCaml.  ;)

Just stopping by this thread to cause trouble,
Chris

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