franka@tekcad.UUCP (09/12/83)
#R:bunkerb:-23000:tekcad:17800002:000:745 tekcad!franka Sep 11 12:30:00 1983 If the compiler is free to ignore register suggestions AND free to put anything wherever the hell it wants, it seems that the only "safe" way to write assembly code linkage is to look at the code generated by the compiler and then write the assembly code. If, however, there is a "standard" subroutine linkage form, it should be put in a SEPARATE implementation manual for the given OS/machine/language system because this will vary from machine to machine. And whoever wrote the first article on this problem is right. UNIX is very, very poor in providing an implementation manual for its language processors. At least IBM and VMS describe their subroutine linkages in their manuals, Frank Adrian tektronix!tekcad!franka