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Re: Why alloca()?

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From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Tue, 22 May 1990 14:04
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In article <1990May21.133554.12832@talos.pm.com> kyle@cs.odu.edu writes:
> ... Certain memory
>management takss are made much easier by using alloca(), as
>opposed to malloc() and free(). 

There are very simple memory management techniques that easily supercede
the so-called advantages of alloca. By way of an example, see some recent
article about "Memory Management based on Object Lifetimes" by David
Hanson on SP&E.

oz
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From: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
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Subject: Re: Why alloca()?
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Date: 22 May 90 14:04:42 GMT
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