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Article #20806Re: Complex Instructions
From: Brian bcase Case
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1989 17:21
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1989 17:21
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>>And in the case of the call instruction, I find the VAX complex instruction >>sorta insulting: assuming that compiler writers are too stupid to adhere to >>a common spec for inter-language call protocol. > >Try calling Pascal from PL/I under MVS sometime. I don't want this to get out of hand, and it might belong elsewhere anyway. BUT, was calling Pascal from PL/I under MVS a design goal? If so, then why doesn't the existence of the VAX's CALLS instruction guarantee this goal will be met? I guess this is yet another point: if the CALLS instruction was included so that inter-language calls "would just work," then it fails even at that!
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