Avoid large static objects (Re: max size of automatic arrays?)

[Sam Kendall]

In article <627 at ttrdc.UUCP>, levy at ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
> ....
> Trying to use [a very large] "static" [array] also worked, by the way, but
> produced a 1.6 Meg executable and was a bit slow to compile and invoke.
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This brings up an interesting point: on many UNIX systems (V7, System V
Release 2.0, but NOT 4.2 BSD), static objects, even unitialized ones, are
never put into BSS storage.  So if your program has large arrays, make
them external even if they logically should be static.  Otherwise you
will share Daniel's wretched fate.			  ^
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