Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:54:45 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Alex <alexxwaag AT prodigy DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Memory problem, (I think)
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Alex wrote:

> #include <conio.h>
> int main()
> {
> char thing[10000][400]
> getch();
> }
> 
> Can anyone tell me why???

You are asking for 4MB of stack space.  DJGPP programs by default only
have 512KB, that's why the program crashes.  See section 15.9 of the
FAQ for more details, including instructions for enlarging the stack
size.