From: mm@nospam.net   
      
   Femme Verbeek a écrit :   
   > yaniv.dg@gmail.com schreef:   
   >> hi all,   
   >> i'm trying to sort data in a stack,   
   >> i have an option to use 2 more stacks,   
   >> what is the way to sort the data with it?   
   >>   
   > There is no such thing as a stack kind of variabele in TP/BP.   
   >   
   > The stack segment is a maximum of 64 kB of memory used for storing local   
   > and global variabeles. Above that is the heap, that is used for storing   
   > dynamic variabeles.   
   > so:   
   >  var mybuf:^array [1..1000] of integer;   
   >   
   > stores just 4 bytes on the stack for the pointer.   
   >   
   > begin   
   >   getmem(mybuf,1234);   
   >   
   > allocates 1234 bytes on the heap which can store 617 integers.   
   >   
   >   
   > A nice way to sort data in TP/BP is to make use of the   
   > Tsortedcollection. Read the build in help topic on the subject.   
      
   But there this is presumably a homework (the OP asked "what is the?"   
   and not "is there a?") and its goal is presumably to find and use   
   an algorithm like the Hanoi tower one.   
      
   mm   
      
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