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0 pointschopin3y ago0 comments

Afaik, a malloc is not guaranteed to return fast. With those requirements it's hard even in C.

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Right but you would typically use a preallocated arena.

chii3y ago

but if you're going to do that, the same could be done with java, with less pain for the remaining parts of the application that does not require such methods of memory allocation.

cozzyd3y ago

My Java is rusty, does Java provide things like placement new that make using arenas ergonomic?

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0 pointschopin3y ago0 comments

Afaik, a malloc is not guaranteed to return fast. With those requirements it's hard even in C.

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cozzyd3y ago

Right but you would typically use a preallocated arena.

chii3y ago

but if you're going to do that, the same could be done with java, with less pain for the remaining parts of the application that does not require such methods of memory allocation.

cozzyd3y ago

My Java is rusty, does Java provide things like placement new that make using arenas ergonomic?

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse