From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c233446a6027f1ed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-19 16:50:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news8-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: access / freeing memory X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:50:24 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news8-gui.server.ntli.net 1027122658 80.5.140.234 (Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:50:58 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:50:58 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27257 Date: 2002-07-20T00:50:24+01:00 List-Id: "Jan Prazak" wrote in message news:pan.2002.07.19.11.55.21.740237.1504@gmx.net... > Thanks for this long description. I have already some experience with > pointers (in Pascal), so I have already found out how it works, but I > didn't know anything about heap (I didn't even know what it is, I thought > of some kind of a stack), so now I'm a bit wiser. I made the point that the heap might not be a real entity (that depends on the compiler), but it's still a good conceptual model to have in your head when thinking about dynamic memory in normal use. Once you get the model, learning the syntax and semantics is easier.