This paper brings back many great memories -- it&#x27;s one of those that I can remember the cafe I was in when I first read it -- and Ryan has done an excellent job capturing its importance and influence.  Speaking personally, the influence Bonwick&#x27;s work had is substantial:  it was in part as a result of being inspired by this paper that I ended up working with Jeff for the next decade on systems software.<p>In terms of follow-on work, Ryan mentioned the later libumem work[1], but it&#x27;s also worth mentioning Robert Mustacchi&#x27;s work in 2012 on per-thread caching in libumem[2]. And speaking for myself, I am indebted to the slab allocator for my work on postmortem object type identification[3] and on postmortem memory leak detection; both techniques very much relied upon the implementation of the slab allocator for their efficacy.<p>Thanks to Ryan for bringing broader attention to a terrific systems paper -- and truly one that I personally love!<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usenix.org&#x2F;legacy&#x2F;event&#x2F;usenix01&#x2F;full_papers&#x2F;bonwick&#x2F;bonwick_html&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usenix.org&#x2F;legacy&#x2F;event&#x2F;usenix01&#x2F;full_papers&#x2F;bon...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dtrace.org&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;rm&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;per-thread-caching-in-libumem&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dtrace.org&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;rm&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;per-thread-caching-in-...</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;cs&#x2F;0309037v1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;cs&#x2F;0309037v1.pdf</a>