[android-developers] Re: inefficient garbage with large heap = true

bob wrote:

Yes, malloc and free are oldies but goodies.

Uhhh ...

> I remember meeting malloc back in like 1991.  It didn't want to give me more than 64k back then, but it is nicer to me now.

Fond reminiscence doth not a sound engineering basis make.

I find the suggestion to switch to native code and use malloc and free ridiculous.

You use native code when a service only available there is needed, and malloc/free when native code requires it.

How does that translate to this Android question?

 > Lew wrote:

bob wrote:

Maybe you can use native code and use malloc and free?

Really?

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