Re: [HACKERS] Postgres Speed or lack thereof

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     The alloca() function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.


On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Goran Thyni wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
> > I don't think we can or should stop using malloc(), but we can
> > ask it for large blocks and do our own allocations inside those
> > blocks --- was that what you meant?
> 
> I will just jump in with a small idea.
> The Gnome crowd is investigating using alloca instead of malloc/free
> where applicable. It is a huge save in CPU cycles where it can be used.
> 
> 	regards,
> -- 
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> Gran Thyni
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> reboot!
> 

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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