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kentinjapan <kentinjapan AT yahoo DOT ca> wrote:

[...]
> I seem to be able to make much larger arrays using malloc then I could
> by simply declaring an array as I did in my previous example. Is this
> to be expected? I am using DJGPP and I was only able to declare a char
> array of around 500,000 previously and now using the method above with
> malloc I was able to create and initialize a char array of
> 500,000,000. 

That difference was not really caused by using malloc instead of
arrays, but rather by your failure to read the DJGPP FAQ or ask the
right people about that limitation.  I'm redirecting this to the place
where you'll find those people.
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