> I guess this was so much a proof-of-concept that Arthur Whitney thought even rudimentary memory management was unimportant. That seems reasonable to me. The

> I guess this was so much a proof-of-concept that Arthur Whitney thought even rudimentary memory management was unimportant. That seems reasonable to me. The way I understand the story, Whitney wrote this as a "sketch". Its purpose was not to be an industrial strength interpreter, but to communicate a few key concepts so another skilled programmer (Roger Hui) could pick it up and run with it.