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From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: alloca() portability
Message-ID: <14517@megatest.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 90 01:51:59 GMT
References: <1990Nov17.221822.25202@zoo.toronto.edu>
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From article <1990Nov17.221822.25202@zoo.toronto.edu>, by henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer):

> A proper fix is
> impossible without language changes.

Isn't the change simply to legitimize alloca(), letting the compiler
in on the gag?  That's what Sun did.