Memory pools

[John Perry <john.perry@usm.edu>]

I apologize if this is a dumb question, but:

I've read that Ada uses memory pools for each type. When I read this, I think it means, for instance, Ada sets up something like an array of 10000 elements for each type, and when the user asks to allocate a new object of such-and-such type, the run-time system hands that to you.

Is that the idea, or do they mean something else?