true. i wasn&#x27;t just thinking about performance but also budgetting.<p>using memory as an endless resource without thinking seems to be standard practice rather than something that is considered &quot;sloppy&quot;.<p>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&#x27;t think we should take the power away, but respect it more...