Re: Algol, and language design

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 14:21

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In article <2406@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
> What language allows carrying globals in registers across recursion?

Any language. All that is required is a good inter-procedural optimiser.
That's an implementation detail, not a language feature.
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Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Algol, and language design
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Date: 27 Jul 90 14:21:48 GMT
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