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-Thread: 103376,a0d66e40cda260bb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1125951895.357358.320220@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Memeory management X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.129.220.244 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1127402597 ST000 71.129.220.244 (Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:23:17 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:23:17 EDT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@MC@@S@QBTLYYZH@^SXBUSXB@DTMNHWB_EYLJZ]BGIELCNSKQFCY@TXDX_WHSVB]ZEJLSNY\^J[CUVSA_QLFC^RQHUPH[P[NRWCCMLSNPOD_ESALHUK@TDFUZHBLJ\XGKL^NXA\EVHSP[D_C^B_^JCX^W]CHBAX]POG@SSAZQ\LE[DCNMUPG_VSC@VJM Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:23:17 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5036 Date: 2005-09-22T15:23:17+00:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:naidnWP4ToNgJoHeRVn-2g@comcast.com... > > If you allocate explicitly from the heap using access types (pointers) > and "new" then the Ada specification does not say whether the > implementation must do automatic garbage collection or not. Most don't, > Because Ada does not prohibit automatic garbage collection, it would seem like a good idea to have it as a compile-time option in a well-designed compiler. Yes, it is a lot of work, but for most programs, not safety-critical, and running under a commercial OS, it would make sense. Richard Riehle