MIT Technology Review: An Interview With Bjarne Stroustrup

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Bill Baxter wrote:
> I was going to ask why he didn't compare his algorithm with dlmalloc, 
> but I see it actually is based on dlmalloc.  So I wonder what exactly 
> the differences is between this and dlmalloc.

nedmalloc actually uses dlmalloc underneath.

> Incidentally I know this guy from his posts on the FOX mailing lists. 
> He's been working on this thing called Tn[1] for about 10 years.  He's 
> either insane or brilliant I can't really tell.  :-) Read the 
> description of "What is Tn" to see what I mean.

It's a very thin line between the two, but we use nedmalloc internally 
and at least there I would have to claim that he is brilliant.

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> [1] http://www.nedprod.com/Tn/index.html
> 
> --bb