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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 40-Folder Bug
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Date: 15 Mar 90 16:09:39 GMT
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In article <805@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> t68@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Jos Vermaseren) writes:

>In one program I had Malloced more than 100 memory blocks of 16 Kbytes
>(clearly a Mega-ST).

All the descriptions of Malloc() that I've ever seen include the
information that you should not malloc more than 20 blocks per
process. This is a fundamental limitation, and Atari never said they
removed it. You should Malloc bigger blocks and then parcel out
sub-blocks, see dLibs' malloc() for an example.

PS Yes, Jos, I know you know this, I'm not trying to insult your
intelligence.

Greg Lindahl
gl8f@virginia.edu                                  Astrophysicists for Choice.