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LeFantome
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Comparison of C/POSIX standard library implementat...
A lot of the “slowness” of MUSL is the default allocator. It can be swapped out.
For example, Chimera Linux uses MUSL with mimalloc and it is quite snappy.
jeffbee
67 days ago
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That's a great combo. I like LLVM libc in overlay mode with musl beneath and mimalloc. Performance is excellent.
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For example, Chimera Linux uses MUSL with mimalloc and it is quite snappy.