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[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

In article <16055 at haddock.ima.isc.com> karl at haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>In article <1990Feb27.155133.20341 at druid.uucp> darcy at druid.UUCP (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
>>calloc does what you want and even initialize the space to zeroes for you.
>
>The calloc() function is disrecommended.  Generally speaking, you should use
>malloc() and initialize the contents yourself.
>
I've heard that before but not the reason.  So why is it disrecommended?

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