[Info-vax] Text processing examples with Fortran requested

[Arne Vajhøj]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert schrieb:
> 
>> It doesn't dynamically allocate anything at all.  At least it didn't 
>> the last time I used Fortran. 
> 
> I know, but in text processing it may bite you first.
> 
>> Dynamic memory allocation is a "C" thing. 
> 
> It's not a C only thing.
> 
>> IMHO it's a useless hangover on a virtual memory system. 
> 
> Huh? You need memory allocation just everywhere.
> Just think of avoiding buffer overflows by always
> providing buffers of the right length.

Dynamic memory allocation does not prevent buffer overflow.

Checking available length does.

I fact there are many more buffer overflows in C than in Fortran.

Arne