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From: andrew@alice.UUCP (Andrew Hume)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Is malloc() or calloc() "better"?
Summary: there is another reason
Message-ID: <8683@alice.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 04:12:50 GMT
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one (admittedly weak) reason for using calloc is that it
insulates you from 16-bit int compilers on 32-bit pointer machines.
calloc(1024, 1024) gives you 1MB with 16 or 32 bit ints
whereas malloc(1024*1024) may give you none.