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In article <nevin-2509950148140001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu>,
Nevin ":-]" Liber <nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

>Different problem.  What if the heap is so fragmented that there isn't a
>large enough contiguous space of memory?  There are three solutions: 
>abort, compact the heap, or have the programmer then go and figure out how
>to make a big enough contiguous free block.  Only the first two are
>practical, and as a user, I prefer the second method.

If the heap isn't fragmented, the choices are reduced to 1 and 3.
In multitasking systems, there is a choice 0: wait for other programs
to free memory, possibly with exceptions, timeouts or some other method
to prevent deadlocks and indefinite suspension.

As a Mac user, you surely must prefer the unwritten choice 4: crash and
burn! Unsaved files and unwritten buffers be damned! 
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