Dave Whipp:
# Is the address of an object constant? Or might it be
# remapped during the life of an object. For example,
# arrays might move when they grow too big; distributed
# objects may move as they transfer onto different hosts;
# a persistent object might have a new address when
# retrieved from backing-store).

Under all systems I can think of, the memory address of an object's
header is constant.  The data may move, but the header stays constant.
This is to minimize the insanity of pointer chasing in C.

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