Re: Pascal & C Calling standard?

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From: Duncan Murdoch
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:01

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In article <1gnv0uINNa4a@ub.d.umn.edu> cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris) writes:
>    The discussion on Pascal and C Calling convention was interesting
>and informative.  I wonder though are those convections standard?  That
>is are Pascal functions called that way on other platforms, or is it
>just limited to msdos machines?

No, they're not standard, even between different Pascal compilers under 
DOS.  Stony Brook's compiler often passes parameters in cpu registers, for 
instance.

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca

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