shrinking the stack

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  1. 09-28-2003 #1
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    shrinking the stack

    Why doesnt the UNIX Kernel shrink the stack?
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    huh?
    Away.
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    It has something to do with solar flares bouncing off Mercury and igniting some swamp gas that set a cow on fire and made dinner.
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    It does. You can use http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?sbrk+2 with incr negative.
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