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From: toutain@vega.inria.fr (Laurent Toutain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Stack Size
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 1 Nov 90 00:07:27 GMT
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I have a program which copies the user's stack in its own private stack
area. In SUN-OS3.5 this program worked fine.  Since I upgraded to SUN-OS
4.0, it doesn't work any more.  I found an explanation: the use of stack
seems to have drastically grown between the two versions of the SUN-OS.
When I changed the size of the private area to a larger value the program
worked again.

I like to know the maximum stack size for a common application in order to
optimize my code.

Laurent Toutain