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  The mt allocator [hereinafter referred to simply as "the allocator"]
  is a fixed size (power of two) allocator that was initially
  developed specifically to suit the needs of multi threaded
  applications [hereinafter referred to as an MT application]. Over
  time the allocator has evolved and been improved in many ways, in
  particular it now also does a good job in single threaded
  applications [hereinafter referred to as a ST application]. (Note:
  In this document, when referring to single threaded applications
  this also includes applications that are compiled with gcc without
  thread support enabled. This is accomplished using ifdef's on
  __GTHREADS). This allocator is tunable, very flexible, and capable
  of high-performance.
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  The aim of this document is to describe - from an application point of
  view - the "inner workings" of the allocator.
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