From:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id:	<9607111308.AA13973@clio.rice.edu>
Subject:	Re: What if I run out of store
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 1996 08:08:09 -0600 (CDT)
Cc:	j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com, a DOT appleyard AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.960711142145.7359D-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Jul 11, 96 02:30:16 pm

> unless you debug a stubbed .exe file (currently only possible with fsdb)

Also true for EDEBUG32 and pirate LDBG ports.

> Hmmm... that FAQ fragment goes back to v1.x, and as far as I can see now 
> in the v2 startup code it's probably incorrect.  It seems that now the 
> two values are first compared, the larger one determined, and then used 
> to sbrk the space for the stack.  Charles, is that correct?  If so, I 
> should correct the FAQ.

The FAQ should be corrected.  The stack is only allocated once, and there
is no waste in V2.  Yet another design improvement.

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