Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site spanky.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!burl!spanky!ka From: ka@spanky.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: stack memory allocation Message-ID: <412@spanky.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 14:01:20 EDT Article-I.D.: spanky.412 Posted: Mon Jul 11 14:01:20 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jul-83 06:50:54 EDT References: <2691@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, N. J. Lines: 4 My understanding is that allocating space on the stack by decrementing the sp is safe. The C compiler can push temporary values on the stack, but references to these are relative to the sp. Kenneth Almquist