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. Good luck for any one trying to do so in *ANY* non trivial program.
Please, try reformulating, maybe by using "most" instead of "any". It would > be really > polite to do so. > 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. On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Nick Sabalausky <[email protected]> wrote: > "Elias Salomão Helou Neto" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > [Sorry for cross-posting, but I've just noticed that the other forum is > > deprecated.] > > > > Please modify your documentation, because the following part of it is > even > > offensive. At least from my viewpoint. > > > > Your page http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/memory.html states that (my > > emphasis): > > > > "_Any_ non-trivial program needs to allocate and free memory." > > > > Have you ever heard of TeX? Is it a trivial program? Does it allocate > > memory dynamically? Dude, such kind of affirmation makes me jump out of > my > > chair. Please, try > > reformulating, maybe by using "most" instead of "any". It would be really > > polite to do so. > > > > Words like "any/all/never/none/always" are rarely meant 100% literally. > > >
