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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:35:55 -0400
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: mmap versus malloc
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> If I want to write an assembly language program without using libc, is it ok
> to use mmap and a file descriptor of -1 to allocate memory?

How about sbrk()?

> jm
> --
> What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
> What the hell is a gander, anyway?

A male goose... :-)

-- 
-Chuck