Python and STL efficiency

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    Amanjit> So on linux its a lot better than that, because - I think -
    Amanjit> ptmalloc is used which is based on dmalloc which is efficient
    Amanjit> for those small size allocs (which malloc() and free() were
    Amanjit> never designed for).

And which for Python has been further optimized in obmalloc.  Again, Python
wins. ;-)

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