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From: rbj@dsys.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: libpw.a
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Date: 1 May 89 21:22:33 GMT
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? From: Root Of All Evil <root@yale.uucp>

? jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) writes:
? <stuff deleted>
? >.....  I always enjoyed SNOBOL and LISP programming
? >because you use the stuff, then toss it, then use it again.  In C
? >and others, memory management is a CHORE.

? C is not a language to do string processing in. C is designed to 
? be efficient for SYSTEMS programming. Do we really want
? garbage collection in the language used for the kernal of the operating 
? system? Sounds pretty silly to me. If you want to program in Lisp, program
? in Lisp. Don't expect C to provide you with a Lisp environment.

If GC can be done by adding a constant to the stack pointer (or copying
the frame pointer), then yes, I want it in the kernel. In that case,
alloca is more efficient than malloc/free. Think about it.

And while we're at it, unwind-protect and catch/throw are cleaner
than setjmp/longjmp as well. Sigh, maybe in C++++.

?                   -Scott Berryman 
?                    berryman@CS.YALE.EDU

	Root Boy Jim is what I am
	Are you what you are or what?