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1. ZenoArrow · 1789711216 · focus · HN ↗

   Why is this on the HN front page? Is there something particularly noteworthy about this release?

   1. baq · 1789714858 · focus · HN ↗

      jemalloc is something you should be aware of if you do software for a living

      1. stackghost · 1789716792 · focus · HN ↗

         In the Before Times, the vast majority of software was written in garbage collected language where a working knowledge of the relative merits of C memory allocators is not useful or particularly relevant.

         Why would the scads of people writing JavaScript, Java, python, go, rails, etc need to be aware of jemalloc?

         1. yxhuvud · 1789731094 · focus · HN ↗

            Because unfortunately, the runtimes belonging to all or at least most of those languages perform a lot better with jemalloc than with the system default.

            I wish that wasn't the case, but it is.

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