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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: evilness of alloca!
Message-ID: <10102@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 23 Apr 89 01:20:42 GMT
References: <19255@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <19255@adm.BRL.MIL> Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty) writes:
>I'm debating whether to start using alloca in some of my applications.

We just went over that.  alloca() is not available on some systems for
good and sufficient reasons.  I would think that any sane programmer
would avoid it like the plague.