** Reply to message from Mark Lundquist <[log in to unmask]> on Mon, 1 Mar 1999
15:11:18 -0800


> I would say: use both.
>
> Manual management of dynamic objects can be quite tedious and
> error-prone.  It's better to design for as much robustness as you can,
> *and* use verification tools to try to catch whatever errors are left.

There's also the third option of using the Ada code with a commercial garbage
collector like Geodesic Systems' Great Circle.  This doesn't take away from the
idea of using multiple approaches; it just suggests another approach that can be
added into the mix if it suits the application.  And GC does suit a lot of
applications.

- Ed