From: NonReal <nonreal AT geocities DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: "big" arrays and the stack
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 08:34:23 -0700
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> i have no idea what you mean here, but the difference is whether the
> array is global or allocated on the stack. the default stack size for
> djgpp programs is 256Kb, so a local array larger than that will corrupt
> the stack, leading to a crash. you can either increase the size of the
> stack, or, better IMO, allocate such a large amount of memory
> dynamically.

How do you change the stack size?  I've got a nasty recursive program
that would love more space to work in :)

*wave*
-Tim