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  3. Date: Mon, 5 Aug 85 10:04:43 edt
  4. From: Arnold Robbins <gatech!arnold>
  5. To: gwyn@brl.arpa
  6. Subject: Re: alloca()
  7. Cc: cbosgd!std-c, ut-sally!std-unix
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  9. Well, I just sort of liked the idea of using storage on the stack. It
  10. is really nice for dynamic arrays.  I'll agree that it can lead to poor
  11. coding practices.  The Gould must have a very interesting architecture
  12. if alloca wouldn't work on it.
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  14. Arnold
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  18. Discussions-Of: UNIX standards, particularly the IEEE P1003 draft standard.
  19. Submissions-To:    ut-sally!std-unix    or std-unix@ut-sally.ARPA
  20. Comments-To: ut-sally!std-unix-request    or std-unix-request@ut-sally.ARPA
  21. UUCP-Routes: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!std-unix
  22. Archives-In: ~ftp/pub/mod.std.unix on ut-sally.ARPA (soon sally.UTEXAS.EDU)
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  24. Volume-Number: Volume 1, Number 48
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