alloca(), #if, and other controversial things...

[Jeff Siegal]

In article <1259 at garth.UUCP> smryan at garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) writes:

  [...](While heap storage includes local storage, heaps are almost
  always slower; using an indirect address instead of a stack base+offset
  screws up the optimiser; remember to release everything at the end
  screws up the programmer. Local storage is a no-fuss, no-bother, no-problem
  solution to a need I have in near most every program I write.)

Take a look at Scheme.  

Jeff Siegal