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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
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Subject: Re: one large array in Pascal
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Date: 27 Aug 88 10:40:06 GMT
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In article <36174@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, lisper-bjorn@CS.YALE.EDU (Bjorn Lisper) writes:
> In article <20349@watmath.waterloo.edu> atbowler@watmath.waterloo.edu (Alan T. Bowler [SDG]) writes:
>> A classic example are those Pascal programs that allocate 1 large
>> static linear array and then run their own memory allocator [...].
> Just a comment on this....this is the typical technique to implement
> pointers and dynamic memory handling in Fortran, [...].  Are "those
> Pascal programs" maybe translated Fortran programs?

I know of at least one which isn't: TeX.

Why did Knuth do it this way?  I can only guess; I would guess that
it's for some portability reason I am not aware of.

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