Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/07/25/06:00:39
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
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