To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 05:58:32 c:\ Subject: Re: Allocating and using memory with the dpmi functions Message-ID: <19970104.000402.4727.1.aclemmer@juno.com> References: From: aclemmer AT juno DOT com (Aaron m Clemmer) On Thu, 2 Jan 1997 08:49:59 +0200 (IST) Eli Zaretskii writes: >IMHO, this is a bad decision. What's wrong with using `malloc' and >Co.? I think that going for the DPMI functions will make things >considerably more complex for you (see below), without any real >reason. After reading below, I agree... I was under the impression that 'malloc' was somehow limited in how much I could allocate, but apparently not... Yeah, I'll go rewrite those functions... >Believe me, you DON'T want to do that on your own without a *very* good >reason! I suppose there aren't many?