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From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: alloca (was: libpw.a)
Summary: The GOTO POLICE have changed their name ...
Message-ID: <16085@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 24 Apr 89 16:55:29 GMT
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In article <10090@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>There is no situation I know of when use of alloca() is necessary.

What about the situations when the use of an automatic variable is
necessary?
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