Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Constant strings Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:36:11 +0200 Organization: http://www.ieee.org/ Lines: 14 Message-ID: <87bnvk74gk.fsf@gmail.com> References: <0.d9dc063c172708b96ce8.20140428125517BST.87r44h1xei.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <0.0afae8b0f55afa8aeaad.20140429011816BST.871twhyomv.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20140428172735.291@kylheku.com> <2b32676d-a2e3-4c9b-bb02-140fa63397d0@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a0e0bcceb01a4703df7b4a89dec2423c"; logging-data="20830"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/oybtWEArPLJTy0z8ft3aAPZ2zi+3/Huo=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KtqaZS6DkXMungYMF7Jhtc7R2mA= sha1:NbghUEDKayjRTNq9ZobACwsnfso= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:43814 ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes: > Malcolm McLean writes: >>In C, you do need a stack. > > Recursion can be implemented with linked activation records > on a heap. (In an abstract sense, this is a stack, too.) > All stacks are "abstract". -- "Avoid hyperbole at all costs, its the most destructive argument on the planet" - Mark McIntyre in comp.lang.c