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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:27:27 -0700
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> writes:

> On 3/18/2025 11:07 PM, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
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>> Have you thought about how large the value of 'n' can
>> become inside the while() loop?
>
> I was too smug in my first reply. [...]

Yes, I knew that already.  Did you think I asked the question
without having first investigated the problem?