That's not any different than most C malloc implementations, it certainly helps with fragmentation but doesn't eliminate it as a concern. You can still have a s

That's not any different than most C malloc implementations, it certainly helps with fragmentation but doesn't eliminate it as a concern. You can still have a single allocation in a block that'll hold the whole block hostage. I'm used to systems that vary from 8-512mb of total system ram with no virtual memory. Techniques that work well on the desktop/server explode spectacularly when brought to our platforms.