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by enriquto 2937 days ago
Most often you do not need any sort of "complex ADT"; in that case the no-malloc advice is good but harmless.

Sometimes, you can probably do without any "complex ADT"; in that case, the no-malloc advice forces you to find the clean solution without complex ADT, thus it is really great.

In the rare cases when you intrinsically need a complex ADT, then you do it. The advice is a spirit, not an unbreakable constraint. Just like not using goto.