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From: gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA
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Subject: Re:  Segmentation Violation & V7 shell
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Date: Mon, 23-Apr-84 07:28:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 23 07:28:26 1984
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From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA>

I hope that the PERQ doesn't grow the user stack by the same method
that fails to extend the program break (inability to restart faulting
instruction)!

The only UNIX utility I know of that uses this incredibly kludgy
method of memory allocation is the Bourne shell.  Now that a good fast
malloc() is supplied with UNIX (both 4.2BSD and SysVRel2), I would
like to see the Bourne shell changed to do sensible memory allocation.
Does anyone know whether the Korn shell is any better about this?