From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh) Subject: Re: gcc on linux Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 16:18:23 GMT
In article <BAS.93Jun7115233@carlo.phys.uva.nl> bas@phys.uva.nl (Bas
de Bakker) writes:
>This is very vague. I'd like to note that I have found that the
>malloc library of linux is less forgiving than many others I've seen.
>[...]
>To be completely on the safe side: Of course I'm not proposing a
>change in Linux' malloc library.
I have found that forgiving malloc implementations cause nothing but
heartache for you when you port to less forgiving implementations.
They lull you into a false sense of security and make you think that
your product is more stable than it really is.
Purify helps in this area, but it only runs on Suns. Debugging malloc
libraries help as well, but not as much as purify. Maybe that would
make a good linux project: hack together a purify thing... I wonder
how hard it would be to get one that was fast?
Warner
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