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Re: Memory allocation in ANSI C (Re: Memory allocation under Linux)

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Curt Sampson (cjs@cynic.net)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:51:49 -0800 (PST)

On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Kaz Kylheku <kaz@cafe.net> wrote:

> This is the main
> raison d'etre for alloca: extending a stack frame is darn fast compared to
> using a dynamic allocator.

Why is that? I mean, what causes the speed difference?

cjs 

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