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A pool of fixed-size blocks is preferred to the heap for message buffers because
Answer: C
Every block is the same size, so a free list gives allocation and release in a fixed few instructions with no possibility of fragmentation, which is exactly what a long-running system needs. It wastes memory whenever an item is smaller than the block, and that waste is the price of the determinism.
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