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In article <x7vpu6pq817.fsf@smaug.pushface.org>, Simon Wright says...
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>This would be untrue in a (safety-related) environment where
>finalization was regarded as far too clever to be verifiable.

If finalization is too uncertian to be verifiable, would any heap operation at
all also be in the same boat?

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