X.Y.Z: Compare performance of malloc and boost::pool

Andrei Gorine and Konstantin Knizhnik wrote a great article on Dr. Dobb's Journal titled Memory Management & Embedded Databases. In this article, they examine several memory-allocation strategies, explained the advantages/disadvantages based on their experience creating the eXtremeDB in-memory database. As we know it is normal for malloc/free(new/delete) to take 10-20 percent of the CPU time of an

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