Hi Neil! :-)

 PS>> Okay, so a better answer would've been 
 PS>> "allocate it statically".
 NH> No way.  That action would unnecessarily eat up limited stack space.
Huh? Declared with a static qualifier inside a function, it does not go on
the stack. Also not if it's a global variable outside of a function.

Plus, stack space is not really limited on most operating systems.

Ciao
Pascal

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