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Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?

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From: Gary Davis
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 15:37
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From article <3317@hub.UUCP>, by 6600pete@hub.UUCP:
> If you can make a persuasive case that somehow Pascal calling sequence is
> inferior to C calling sequence, I'm with you. As I understand it, C's
> Pete Gontier   | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa

Bill Gates argues the opposite: that the Pascal calling convention
is more efficient than that of C and that's why they used the
Pascal convention in Windows (OS/2 as well??). I don't know the
reasoning behind this.

Gary Davis
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