In <14377 at smoke.brl.mil> gwyn at smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: >It is worth repeating over and over: DON'T WRITE CODE THAT USES alloca()! But why? You yourself admitted that systems on which your alloca() couldn't work are few and far between. Not a challenge, just an inquiry. Steve Emmerson steve at unidata.ucar.edu ...!ncar!unidata!steve