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From: steve@groucho.ucar.edu (Steve Emmerson)
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Subject: Re: alloca() portability
Keywords: portability, alloca
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Date: 8 Nov 90 04:47:27 GMT
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In <14377@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>It is worth repeating over and over:  DON'T WRITE CODE THAT USES alloca()!

But why?  You yourself admitted that systems on which your alloca()
couldn't work are few and far between.

Not a challenge, just an inquiry.

Steve Emmerson        steve@unidata.ucar.edu        ...!ncar!unidata!steve