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11.ds RH Introduction
12.NH
13Introduction
14.PP
15Most programs need to allocate storage dynamically in addition
16to whatever static storage the compiler reserved at compile-time.
17To C programmers this fact is rather obvious, but for many years
18this was not an accepted and recognized fact, and many languages
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11.ds RH Introduction
12.NH
13Introduction
14.PP
15Most programs need to allocate storage dynamically in addition
16to whatever static storage the compiler reserved at compile-time.
17To C programmers this fact is rather obvious, but for many years
18this was not an accepted and recognized fact, and many languages
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19still used today doesn't support this notion adequately.
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20.PP
21The classic UNIX kernel provides two very simple and powerful
22mechanisms for obtaining dynamic storage, the execution stack
23and the heap.
24The stack is usually put at the far upper end of the address-space,
25from where it grows down as far as needed, though this may depend on
26the CPU design.
27The heap starts at the end of the
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21The classic UNIX kernel provides two very simple and powerful
22mechanisms for obtaining dynamic storage, the execution stack
23and the heap.
24The stack is usually put at the far upper end of the address-space,
25from where it grows down as far as needed, though this may depend on
26the CPU design.
27The heap starts at the end of the
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