From:	Jason Kircher <cdrradar AT hold DOT odiferous DOT titilating DOT mail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: allocating big chunks with djgpp
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Jacky Luk wrote:
> with 16-bit DOS compilers, char buffer[30000][81] seems unrealistic and
> infeasible. Now with Djgpp, how do I allocate such a big buffer in terms of
> what syntax is used? or leave that code snippet intact and the linker will
> function okay?
> Thanks
> Jack
> 
> 

Take a look at malloc().

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