From: ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
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Subject: Re: Fixed stack size?
Date: 25 Jul 1999 08:38:51 GMT
Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:
: 
: On 23 Jul 1999, Martin Str|mberg wrote:
: 
: > Why is the stack size fixed? Can't it be allocated dynamically?
: 
: I'm not sure I understand all the subtle aspects of this, but one
: problem is that the stack sits between .bss and the heap, so
: expanding it would require to move the heap around.  (The heap clearly
: requires expanding, so it's placed last.)

Ah... But why isn't it placed as high as possible so it can grow down
(as it usually does in Un*x)?


Kokkonen, Sinfonia da camera,

							MartinS