From: nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki)
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Subject: Re: problem with malloc in djgpp?
Date: 15 Mar 1997 08:05:46 GMT
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> The only thing I can't figure out is "test 16"... How does a 16MB
> allocation fit in *LESS* than 16MB of virtual memory?  Can anyone shed any
> light on this?

have you tried calloc rather than malloc? only i found that remaining_memory
was giving unreliable results until i actually *did* something with the memory :)

regards,
nik

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Graham Tootell           
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