alloca (was: Postgres Speed or lack thereof)

From: Goran Thyni <goran(at)kirra(dot)net>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: alloca (was: Postgres Speed or lack thereof)
Date: 1999-01-24 22:59:29
Message-ID: 36ABA5D1.916F4AED@kirra.net
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The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> BUGS
> The alloca() function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.

Gain a big potential speed boost, loose some portability.
I think most modern unices has a good alloca, DOS and Mac
don't, but who's porting the server there?

Any unices out there missing alloca?

mvh,
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Göran Thyni
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