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CppCon 2015: Andrei Alexandrescu “std::allocator...”

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Andrei Alexandrescu's CppCon 2015 talk argues that std::allocator is badly designed. He proposes building high-performance allocators from small composable, templated pieces.

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HN repeatedly recommends it as an entertaining, mind-opening talk on allocator design and composable generic programming.

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