alloca (was: libpw.a)

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <15945 at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> jfh at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>In article <1883 at thor.acc.stolaf.edu> mike at mike@stolaf.edu writes:
>>To repeat: alloca is EVIL.
>It doesn't have to be.

You appear to have missed the previous discussion.
alloca() simply cannot be reasonably provided in some C environments.
If your application depends on alloca(), you have limited its portability.
There is no situation I know of when use of alloca() is necessary.