Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by 8dcc 521 days ago
> I thought the whole point of writing a custom allocator was to not use the system allocator beyond statically allocating a huge block of memory upfront and then managing that yourself, is it not?

Yes, that's what the article is basically about. The other problems you mention only happen when trying to expand an existing pool, which might not be necessary for some people.