Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:5332
From: he62 AT dial DOT pipex DOT com (Clifton College)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: how many function calls deep am I?
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 23:28:14 GMT
Organization: UnipalmPIPEX server (post doesn't reflect views of UnipalmPIPEX)
Lines: 9
Message-ID: <4qmc8b$iog@soap.news.pipex.net>
References: <164B1776D32 AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk> <4ot8d7$ct0 AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: aj130.du.pipex.com
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) wrote:

>Ah... the stack grows downwards... that explains it.

In general, stacks grow downwards and heaps grow upwards. It's
slightly strange, because in real life both stacks and heaps grow
upwards.