Re: dynamic memory allocation

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> They are proposing a message passing scheme where sending tasks 
> allocate buffers for each message from a heap, and receiving tasks 
> deallocate. I have suggested that the heap could become fragmented 
> (the buffers areNOT all the same size). ....

If they're using out-of-the-box Verdix (now Rational?) the heap
WILL become fragmented.  I've heard but not verified the same about
Alsys.

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