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revision 1.3 by marcus, Wed Sep 17 15:12:22 2003 UTC revision 1.4 by neal, Fri Jan 7 10:27:50 2005 UTC
# Line 7  purpose allocation strategy like malloc( Line 7  purpose allocation strategy like malloc(
7  other backing memory) and a special purpose allocator that can take  other backing memory) and a special purpose allocator that can take
8  advantage of the fact that all objects are of the same size.  advantage of the fact that all objects are of the same size.
9    
10  In addition, such objects usually have an initial stage that is  In addition, such objects usually have an initial stage that they
11  naturally returned to when the object is not needed anymore.  For  naturally return to when the objects are no longer needed.  For
12  example locks are unlocked, reference counters are zero, etc.  In such  example locks are unlocked, reference counters are zero, etc.  In such
13  a situation, performance can be further increased by caching the  a situation, performance can be further increased by caching the
14  unused objects, instead of destroying them.  unused objects, instead of destroying them.

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