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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
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Subject: Re: Research on Dynamic Data Structures
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Date: 8 Mar 90 02:11:14 GMT
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In article <1502@darkstar.ucsc.edu> richk@june.cs.washington.edu (Richard Korry) writes:
>Does anyone have pointers to papers/books on using dynamically allocated/
>variable sized data structures in the kernel of an OS? Thanks
>       rich

        The Amiga Exec (kernel) and the rest of the Amiga OS uses a great many
dynamic structures - one of the guiding principles was to avoid any limits
other than available memory.  Some of these are also variable sized.

        For a reference, try "Amiga Rom Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries
and Devices (revised and updated)", from Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-18187-8.
It's big and blue.


Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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