ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) (02/09/89)
In article <804@sas.UUCP> toebes@sas.UUCP (John Toebes) writes: [ while(p) { free(p); p = p->next; } ] > is required to work for any UN*X compatible memory manager. As an example of the trouble of supporting programs that use this, note that System V has two complete implementations of malloc(): One is much faster but does not guarantee to maintain the contents of freed memory. The slower (but more compatible) version is the default. -- -=] Ford [=- "The number of Unix installations (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) has grown to 10, with more expected." ford@kenobi.cts.com - The Unix Programmer's Manual, ...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford 2nd Edition, June, 1972. ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com