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From:	Denis Bernard <dbernard AT teleglobe DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: GCC v2
Date:	Thu, 04 Apr 1996 09:24:41 -0500
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Anthony Eguerre wrote:
> 
> > An Other:
> > main()
> > {int t[800][800];
> >  int i,j;
> >  for(j=0;j!=800;j++)
> >   for(i=0;i!=800;i++)
> >    t[j][i]=rand();
> > }
> > result: Stack Fault...
> > The GCC v2 dont like to big variables.
> 
> Please read the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq200b.zip from the same place you
> got DJGPP).  It explains in section 15.8 that DJGPP programs by default
> have a 256KByte-long stack.  Your program defines a variable that takes
> 800x800x4 = 2.56MBytes of stack, i.e. 10 times that much.  To use such
> large automatic variables, you should change the default stack size as
> explained in the FAQ.  A simpler solution would be to declare t[][]
> outside `main', which will make it static.

Or better yet, try malloc() :)

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