From:	Martin Read <mpr22 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: C or C++
Date:	28 May 1997 19:13:41 GMT
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In article <338C31B9 DOT 3146 AT ll DOT mit DOT edu>, Nathan Gray  <gray AT ll DOT mit DOT edu> wrote:
>Since we're on the subject of C and C++, does anyone have a good
>explanation for the differences between malloc() and new?  As a native
>C++ programmer, my first instinct is to use new, but I see malloc() so
>often I'm starting to wonder if I'm missing something.

new is an operator, which can be custom-defined for a class so that it
can do lots of clever things (IIRC).  malloc() just says "I want a piece
of memory of size wibble; give me a pointer to the start of it."

Martin
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