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From: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.mips
Subject: alloca() for MIPS CPUs
Message-ID: <1371@tub.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 90 15:14:31 GMT
Reply-To: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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Does anybody know whether there exists a version of alloca() for MIPS CPUs?
I mean the `real thing', i.e. an alloca() that actually advances the stack
pointer, not a quiche-eater alloca() that uses malloc() and free().

I'm in the process of porting a piece of software that requires alloca()
(I'm sure at this point you have already guessed what software package
I'm speaking about :-) to a Sony workstation which has a MIPS R3000 CPU.
Unfortunately, the version of alloca() in Sony's libc.a looks like it's
derived from the semi-portable alloca() written by Doug Gwyn (it uses
malloc/free).

Thanks,
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Oliver Laumann            net@tub.cs.tu-berlin.de            net@tub.UUCP