Q51413: STACK STACK Correctly Gives "Out of Memory" in QBX.EXE

Article: Q51413
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | SR# S891019-160 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 12-DEC-1989

If you run a program containing the statement STACK STACK in the
QBX.EXE environment and then attempt to edit the program, the error
message "Out of memory" will result. The error message can be
prevented by going to the Immediate window in QBX and executing the
STACK statement to reset the stack size to the default. The error
occurs because the STACK STACK statement allocates all available
memory in the data segment for the stack. However, QBX needs to use
part of this segment for its own purposes.

This information applies to Microsoft BASIC PDS Version 7.00 for
MS-DOS.

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