Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:739 gnu.gcc:1268 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uivlsif!terry From: terry@uivlsif (Terry Lee) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,gnu.gcc Subject: Alloca and malloc Summary: Which to use? Keywords: alloca malloc Message-ID: <1990Jan18.205221.2412@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 18 Jan 90 20:52:21 GMT Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Reply-To: terry@uivlsif.csl.uiuc.edu (Terry Lee) Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Distribution: usa Organization: Coordinated Science Laboratory, Univ of IL Lines: 7 I am trying to build gcc and bash on i386 SysV3.2 platform (Bell. Tech. 3.2u). I noticed that I can use the GNU alloca and malloc or the ones supplied with my system (-lPW). Which is preferable? Thanks for any replies. -- Terry Lee terry@uivlsif.csl.uiuc.edu