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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Garbage Collection in Ada
Date: 1996/10/21
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Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00
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Lars asks

"A question of definitions, perhaps. Would you agree that the built in
new/delete is part of the runtime system in C++? Users may legaly
replace the global new/delete. Wouldn't the replacement then be part of
the runtime system? Note, replacements are subject to the same ..."


The new and delete operations are part of the proposed C++ standards, and 
are thus part of the language. Whether they are part of the "runtime" or
not is an implementation detail. If you replace them (there is no requirement
in C++ that you be able to do so), then you may or may not have a standard
implementation.

Your replacement may or may not be part of the runtime system, since that
in any case is not a formally defined term, but it is certainly NOT part
of the standard commercial distribution of the compiler and OS.