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Subject: FORTH and UNIX
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Date: 21 Feb 91 03:13:39 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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 Date: 02-18-91 (08:37)              Number: 1243 of 1243 (Echo)
   To: GARY SMITH                    Refer#: 1192
 From: JACK WOEHR                      Read: NO
 Subj: FORTH AND UNIX                Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 -> From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM Subject: Forth calls C

 -> For instance, the Atari ST has about 5 different system interface
 -> levels, each with different calling conventions, not to mention the 3
 -> or 4 different C compilers that have been popular at various times in
 -> the machines lifetime.

         Yes, Lattice compilers had a very nice way of dealing with
 this with the   #pragma   mechanism for defining interfaces, but
 of course not terribly portable. Besides, I doubt if Don Colburn
 or the rest of X3J14 would go for it if you and I submitted a
 proposal to add PRAGMA-MYASS to the language ... :-)

                 =jax=

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