memory allocation

[Clarence Dold]

>From article <5702 at utah-cs.UUCP>, by u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu at utah-cs.UUCP (Daniel M Floyd):
> 
> You might try an allocation scheme similar to a DOS (i.e. MS/PS)
> disk space allocation.
> 
> Divide your memory into convinient chunks. Then refer to those
> chunks in some sort of look up table. Keep a pointer to the first
> used block and the last. Always allocate at the end. The table will
If you are using a Unisys or Convergent system, look at malloc(3x) rather 
than malloc(3c).  It implements a 'convenient chunk' scheme, incredibly
faster, especially if you are paging to swap space.
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