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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 05:58:32 c:\
Subject: Re: Allocating and using memory with the dpmi functions
Message-ID: <19970104.000402.4727.1.aclemmer@juno.com>
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From: aclemmer AT juno DOT com (Aaron m Clemmer)

On Thu, 2 Jan 1997 08:49:59 +0200 (IST) Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
>IMHO, this is a bad decision.  What's wrong with using `malloc' and 
>Co.?  I think that going for the DPMI functions will make things 
>considerably more complex for you (see below), without any real 
>reason.  
	After reading below, I agree... I was under the impression that
'malloc' was somehow limited in how much I could allocate, but apparently
not... Yeah, I'll go rewrite those functions...

>Believe  me, you DON'T want to do that on your own without a *very* good

>reason!
	I suppose there aren't many?

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