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. -- "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