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From: mak@easyaspi.udev.cdc.com (marlys a kohnke x2793)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Using alloca
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Date: 7 Mar 90 13:52:51 GMT
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I would like to use alloca to allocate memory on the stack.  The man page
says alloca is machine dependent and its use is discouraged.  Does alloca
work with mips and are there any potential problems with its use?

Marlys Kohnke