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Implicit Heap-Dynamic Lifetime

• Allocation and deallocation is implicit, based on language semantics (e.g., caused by assignment statements)

• Ex.: all variables in APL

• Advantage:
  • Flexibility

• Disadvantages:
  • Inefficient, because often all attributes are dynamic
  • May have delay in error detection