Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!burl!duke!unc!tim From: tim@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: stack memory allocation Message-ID: <5603@unc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 19:43:03 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5603 Posted: Fri Jul 22 19:43:03 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 08:49:03 EDT References: nsc.333 Lines: 13 It seems rather overly simplistic to say that you can't duplicate alloca on your system. You can't duplicate it with the same efficiency, perhaps, but there's no reason you can't use a dynamically-allocated stack. Since it is portable in this way, why should we refrain from using something that helps on our machines? ______________________________________ The overworked keyboard of Tim Maroney duke!unc!tim (USENET) tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill