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From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Limited djgpp stack size
Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 1996 21:40:27 CST
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> That seems fiddly after the automatic unlimited stack size in the old djgpp

This limitation also exists in v1.x under DPMI.  

> When will this nuisance be cured?

Oh, I'll guess probably never.  Morten Welinder and I discussed an algorithm
and memory layout which would allow automatic stack expansion under DPMI 0.9,
but you would lose some memory protection, and it would require a a custom 
crt0.  Having DPMI 1.0 would also solve this, but Microsoft has chosen 
to kill this standard by ignoring it.  Oh, and automatic stack expansion 
under DPMI breaks near pointers to DOS/devices - so choose your poison.  If
anyone wants automatic stack expansion bad enough to code/debug it, I'd be
happy to provide the design/specifications.  Until then, it's a dead issue.

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