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From: blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v18i002:  Fido/Usenet gateway, Part01/05
Message-ID: <2380@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 89 00:56:46 GMT
References: <1534@papaya.bbn.com> <3082@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Reply-To: blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume)
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In article <3082@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger) writes:
>The last requirement blows the package out of the System V arena entirely;
>"alloca" is not a System V function.  Yes, there are hacks out there for
>some systems, but not all.  Xenix is one of the "not all" ones.

very interesting ! does this tell me that the alloca.c distributed with 
GNU emacs just can't work on xenix ? has anyone ported GNU emacs yet ?
{btw: i looked in the bsd manuals, alloca is both system and compiler dependant
- use is discouraged ! not nice to use it in software that should be portable}
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