Storage allocators

[John Quarterman]

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Date:     Fri, 2 Aug 85 17:37:19 EDT
From: Doug Gwyn <gwyn at BRL.ARPA>
To: arnold%gatech.uucp at BRL-TGR.ARPA
Cc: std-unix at UT-SALLY.ARPA, std-c%cbosgd.uucp at BRL-TGR.ARPA
Subject:  Re: alloca()

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!

(It also adds no functionality and encourages sloppy coding practice.)

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