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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Pointer examples and 8x
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Date: 12 Jul 89 21:32:15 GMT
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>Bletch!  Well, so much for allowing implementations which occasionally
>compact the heap.  If you're counting on the same address (or pointer

Feh! If the cell is moved, all references to that cell must be remapped.
Compaction must be invisible or the collector is broken.
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