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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Date: Tue,  4 Sep 2007 08:48:20 +0000
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] plan 9 overcommits memory?
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<geoff@plan9.bell-labs.com> wrote in message
news:01b719eaabe004a9073ccb4b3425e1d0@plan9.bell-labs.com...
> ... The big exception is stack growth.  ...

That has indeed been a longstanding problem, and if the OSes
want to grow up they need to solve that problem.  It is obvious
how to solve it if speed isn't an issue; just test upon each function
invocation.  I bet there are efficient hacks for that..