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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: memory management and productivity
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Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <ole-hjalmar.kristensen@substitute_employer_here.com> writes:

> >>>>> "BP" == Bj�rn Persson <spam-away@nowhere.nil> writes:

>     BP> Well, I'd think rocket scientists don't want garbage
>     BP> collection. Their programs are real-time systems.
> 
> In that case, you do not want any dynamic allocation whatsoever, so
> the availability of garbage collection is not important.

Depends what you mean by "dynamic allocation". I see nothing wrong
with using dynamic allocation so long as the storage pool used behaves
appropriately for the requirement.

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Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.