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Re:The C juggernaut illustrated (2012) by wheelerof4te on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:14AM (#34663255)
I believe first Warcraft game used the same technique in C, IIRC.

Seems to have worked. But it would be a mess to use only stack and static memory for today's large applications.

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Re:The C juggernaut illustrated (2012) by steveklabnik on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:15AM (#34665036)
Absolutely, it’s a pain in the butt. But sometimes it’s what you have to do.
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