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Subject: "Re: var args - (nf)"
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Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 19:01:44 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  1 19:01:44 1983
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#R:duke:-363700:ihlpf:18400003:  0:290
ihlpf!dap1    Nov  1 16:17:00 1983

printf uses /usr/include/varargs.h to handle variable number of arguments.
On our machine, this has #ifdef's to bracket off macros for various types
of machine.  It's NOT done in machine language, but rather depends on the
structure of the stack and the passing conventions on the machine.