true. i wasn't just thinking about performance but also budgetting. using memory as an endless resource without thinking seems to be standard practice rather t

true. i wasn't just thinking about performance but also budgetting. using memory as an endless resource without thinking seems to be standard practice rather than something that is considered "sloppy". there is also the practice involved. run-time allocation is a bit of a golden sledgehammer and a double edged sword... sure you can write code more quickly, but you are also being enabled to write worse code (i.e. leaks). i don't think we should take the power away, but respect it more...