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[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
    "name": "MiniMalloc",
    "description": "MiniMalloc is a learning-oriented C++ concurrent memory pool inspired by Google tcmalloc, implementing the ThreadCache → CentralCache → PageCache architecture with ~1,500 lines of code.",
    "url": "https://github.com/ruijayfeng/minimalloc",
    "programmingLanguage": "C++11",
    "license": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
    "operatingSystem": "Windows"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "What does MiniMalloc do?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "MiniMalloc is a concurrent memory allocator that uses a three-tier cache architecture (ThreadCache → CentralCache → PageCache) with size-class-based allocation and span management, similar to Google tcmalloc."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "Who is MiniMalloc for?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "C++ students and developers who want to learn how production allocators like tcmalloc and jemalloc work, through about 1,500 lines of well-commented code."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "How is MiniMalloc different from tcmalloc?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "tcmalloc is a full production allocator with platform-specific optimizations and complex fallback strategies. MiniMalloc strips it down to core ideas: TLS per-thread caches, size-class free lists, and span-based page management."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "What are the system requirements for MiniMalloc?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "C++11 or later, Windows (Win64, uses VirtualAlloc/VirtualFree), MSVC 2022+, and optionally CMake 3.16+ for CLI builds."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "How do I build MiniMalloc?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Open MiniMalloc.slnx in Visual Studio 2022+, or use CMake: cmake -B build -G \"Visual Studio 17 2022\" && cmake --build build --config Release."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "What size ranges does MiniMalloc support?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "MiniMalloc supports allocations from 1 byte to 256 KB across five size-class tiers: 1-128B (8B alignment), 129-1024B (16B alignment), 1-8KB (128B alignment), 8-64KB (1KB alignment), and 64-256KB (8KB alignment)."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "When should I NOT use MiniMalloc?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "For production workloads, use established allocators like tcmalloc, jemalloc, or mimalloc which have crash recovery, memory safety, and extensive testing. MiniMalloc is designed for learning and experimentation."
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "name": "Is MiniMalloc available on Linux?",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Currently MiniMalloc is Windows-only, using VirtualAlloc/VirtualFree. Linux support with mmap/sbrk is planned but not yet implemented."
        }
      }
    ]
  }
]