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 is a general purpose allocator with excellent [performance](#performance) characteristics.
 Initially developed by Daan Leijen for the run-time systems of the
 [Koka](https://github.com/koka-lang/koka) and [Lean](https://github.com/leanprover/lean) languages.
-Latest release:`v1.4.0` (2020-01-22).
+Latest release:`v1.6.0` (2020-02-09).
 
 It is a drop-in replacement for `malloc` and can be used in other programs
 without code changes, for example, on dynamically linked ELF-based systems (Linux, BSD, etc.) you can use it as: