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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: only 4096 jump table entries?
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Date: 15 Aug 90 14:10:58 GMT
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In article <19560@well.sf.ca.us> oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster) writes:
>My programs are often 3-4 meg of source. The 4096 entries in the jump table
>limit has never bitten me. I write in C, and group my routines logically by
>file, and declare as many routines as possible
>static 
>
>example:
>static int FuncOfnoInterestOutsidethisFile(){}
>
>this is good style, it means I KNOW this function is not called outside
>this file, and it takes 0 entries in the jump table.  In pascal, nesting
>procedures gives the same good effect.

Are you a MacApp programmer?  I understand that it is they who are running
into the 4096-limit.

Personally, I think MacApp is a plot by Apple to have blackmail rights on all
programs for the Mac, but, that's just one mans opinion.  Followups to
alt.conspiracy.
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