malloc in embedded systems

> So is the "create on demand" philosophy invalid in this case ?
> The worst case scenario would only occur if a certain combination of
> event scenarios occur.  The probability of this specific combination
> of event scenarios occuring is very low - something in the order of 1
> in 10000.
> Thx.
> Cheers,
> Albert

I believe you will find that Murphy's Law covers this situation.  You should
see what we have to do to ensure that sort of thing does not happen with
our avionics software (people do not have a sense of humor when the
airplane falls out of the sky ..).  If it can happen, it will -- and if you
are not
the one who has to fix it, the next poor guy trying to figure out why it
crashes every third week when it is sunny out or whatever.

mikey