A.14 The optional Memory-Allocation word set
The Memory-Allocation word set provides a means for acquiring memory
other than the contiguous data space that is allocated by
ALLOT. In
many operating system environments it is inappropriate for a process to
pre-allocate large amounts of contiguous memory (as would be necessary
for the use of ALLOT). The Memory-Allocation word set can acquire
memory from the system at any time, without knowing in advance the
address of the memory that will be acquired.
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