[Exceptional C++ Style] Item 20: Containers in Memory, Part 1: Levels of Memory Management.

[Balog Pal]

> Does anyone else think that Herb doesn't really answer the JG question: 
> "What are memory managers (also known as memory allocators) and what is 
> their basic function?

There is an implicit answer, the memory manager is the thingy that serves 
the pasky containers with the memory they request; and the one that uses one 
of those shiny strategies. ;-)