Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 06:41:03 -0600
From: Esa Peuha <Esa DOT Peuha AT helsinki DOT fi>
Subject: Re: mem alloc taking up power of 2
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Message-ID: <870781036.32625@dejanews.com>
Organization: Deja News Posting Service
References: <869733224 DOT 5542 AT dejanews DOT com> <33d7e5ff DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Lines: 18
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Precedence: bulk

In article <33d7e5ff DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>,
  sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu wrote:
> While there are ways to generate an unexpected page fault after seemingly able
> to allocate enough memory - you almost have to be pathalogical about it,
> like filling the disk entirely.

Building a large program like Emacs on my 40MB disk can really fill it.
(I do intend to buy a larger disk, some day...)

> And, most important of all - I don't feel like it :-)
> That's why the source is available!

It also needs a 16-bit C compiler to build. I don't have such a beast,
and am unwilling to post untested patches. Is there any suitable free
compiler available?

-------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
      http://www.dejanews.com/     Search, Read, Post to Usenet