4 ms·Why not just use the boehm GC?by newt0311 18y agoWhy not just use the boehm GC?signa11 18y agothat saves you from the "free" tax. the "malloc" tax is still there...tptacek 18y agoThe reason the malloc tax is so high is because of "free".signa11 18y agowell, if you got free for free (bad pun, sorry), would you still be using vanilla malloc ?tptacek 18y agoIf you're using Boehm GC, you're not using vanilla malloc anymore.newt0311 18y agoThe malloc tax is unavoidable unless you use an accurate relocation GC which for a language like C++ is basically impossible.