http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=128351

Besides, using malloc(), even if that would do it for you, in a '51 environment will give you enough overhead to solidify your resistance to C.

There are C operations, such as malloc(), that are singularily unsuitable for use with the '51 (remember C was developed for use on the UNIX behemots) and, while your compiler may support them, that does not oblige you to overburden the '51 by using them.

Jan, one of the advantages of an assembler background is that it allows you to think outside the (C) box.

Let us hope your next "I want to do it in C" is doable, this one is not. K&R did not have limited (data) memory on their computer.

Erik