<br>That TeX does not allocate dynamically does not mean it does not *need* it. Don Knuth implemented his own *beep* garbage collection algorithm in TeX. <br>Good luck for any one trying to do so in *ANY* non trivial program.<br>
<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"> Please, try reformulating, maybe by using "most" instead of "any". It would be really<br>
polite to do so.<br>
</blockquote><br>And I wonder how polite is it to nitpick about a harmless expression and trying to lecture the creator of a programming language on how how to write the documentation.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Nick Sabalausky <span dir="ltr"><a@a.a></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"Elias Salomão Helou Neto" <<a href="mailto:elias@gmail.com">elias@gmail.com</a>> wrote in message<br>
news:i3i41m$l11$1@digitalmars.com...<br>
> [Sorry for cross-posting, but I've just noticed that the other forum is<br>
> deprecated.]<br>
><br>
> Please modify your documentation, because the following part of it is even<br>
> offensive. At least from my viewpoint.<br>
><br>
> Your page <a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/memory.html" target="_blank">http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/memory.html</a> states that (my<br>
> emphasis):<br>
><br>
> "_Any_ non-trivial program needs to allocate and free memory."<br>
><br>
> Have you ever heard of TeX? Is it a trivial program? Does it allocate<br>
> memory dynamically? Dude, such kind of affirmation makes me jump out of my<br>
> chair. Please, try<br>
> reformulating, maybe by using "most" instead of "any". It would be really<br>
> polite to do so.<br>
><br>
<br>
Words like "any/all/never/none/always" are rarely meant 100% literally.<br>
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