# Allocation Cost

> The degree of extra memory allocation incurred by creating new immutable values instead of mutating in place.

Record: `lex:allocation-cost`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-allocation-cost

## category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## referenced-by

- [Immutability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/immutability.md)