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- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 85 17:37:19 EDT
- From: Doug Gwyn <gwyn@BRL.ARPA>
- To: arnold%gatech.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA
- Cc: std-unix@UT-SALLY.ARPA, std-c%cbosgd.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA
- Subject: Re: alloca()
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- No! It is not always possible to implement alloca(). Neither Gould
- nor I could make it work on UTX-32. We very definitely do not need
- this sort of critter in any standards!
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- (It also adds no functionality and encourages sloppy coding practice.)
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- Discussions-Of: UNIX standards, particularly the IEEE P1003 draft standard.
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- Archives-In: ~ftp/pub/mod.std.unix on ut-sally.ARPA (soon sally.UTEXAS.EDU)
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- Volume-Number: Volume 1, Number 46
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