malloc's and signals -- a dangerous mixture?

[Henry Spencer]

In article <12571 at bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> scs at adam.pika.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:
>Many people have researched better malloc implementations,
>usually for speed or better space utilization.  Has anyone ever
>tried to make a more robust implementation...

There was a paper at a Usenix a few years ago -- I think it was Portland --
comparing mallocs by several criteria, including robustness.
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