Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: back to the (ivory) tower
Message-ID: <1988Jun7.170246.15101@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <16018@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 88 17:02:46 GMT

> ... Is alloca really such a problem across differing architectures?

Yes; there are architectures on which it is very difficult to implement
efficiently.  Stallman appears to have a mild case of the "all the world's
a VAX" syndrome:  he cares about portability only when it doesn't get in
his way.
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"For perfect safety... sit on a fence|  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
and watch the birds." --Wilbur Wright| {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry