Article #15578: HEAP SPACE STILL CREATED WITH HEAP MAX 0

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TN578D.txt   HEAP SPACE STILL CREATED WITH HEAP MAX 0
Category   :Pascal
Platform    :All
Product    :Turbo Pascal  5.5

Description:
Q. Compiling to disk with my heap maximum set to 0 still creates
   heap space when running .EXE file.  Why?
A. This has to do with the way DOS allocates memory for .EXE
   files in chunks of 512 bytes, rather than in chunks of 16
   bytes. As a result of DOS's allocation, you always get 0-496
   bytes more than you request.


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7/16/98 4:35:33 PM
 

Last Modified: 01-SEP-99