Microsoft mi-malloc instead of malloc

[Joe Caverly]

mi-malloc is a Microsoft drop-in replacement for malloc and can be used in programs without code changes.

It has been in development since 2019.

The last update to mi-malloc performance testing was 2021-01-30
GitHub - microsoft/mimalloc: mimalloc is a compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance.

Technical Report showing speed improvements and reduced memory usage:
Ref: Mimalloc: Free List Sharding in Action - Microsoft Research

mi-malloc documentation:
Ref: mi-malloc: mi-malloc

GitHub page:
Ref: GitHub - microsoft/mimalloc: mimalloc is a compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance.

Joe