malloc(3) vs. malloc(3x)

[Chris Torek]

In article <3405 at ingr.com> crossgl at ingr.com (Gordon Cross) writes:
>The difference between malloc(3C) and malloc (3X) is speed:  the latter version
>runs on average about 9 times faster. ...

Not so (see Keywords).  Malloc(3c) is slower only in SysV environments.

(In other words, Gordon is right, but not in the context under discussion.)
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