title: thread contention on dynamic memory allocation
body: <p>I have just learnt that in C language <code>malloc</code> function comes with the issue of thread contention when used in a multi-threaded applications.</p>
  
  <p>In C++ does <code>operator new</code> suffer from the same problem? If yes what tecnhique can I use to avoid this that sounds like a big penalty in the application performance?</p>