Subj : Re: Lock Free -- where to start To : comp.programming.threads From : Markus Elfring Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 11:43 am > Things can be much worse. The literature suggests > that typical programs may spend 20% of their running > time inside the allocator (heap manager) routines. > It's lucky there are lock-free allocators available ;) Which implementations have you got in mind? Do you know any such memory allocation library that can be used for all applications? Regards, Markus .