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From: freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions
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Date: 27 Jan 91 21:43:21 GMT
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quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Douglas E. Quale) writes:

>                                                         How do I
>dynamically allocate function objects in C??

Huh?  How do you dynamically allocate NON-function objects in C??
Answer: you use a library routine called malloc.  So, all you need is a
routine called "falloc" in your library...

While the implementation of falloc clearly can't be portable, the same
holds for malloc.

Freek "the Pistol Major" Wiedijk                      E-mail: freek@fwi.uva.nl
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