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From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Function with variable number of args
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Date: Tue, 26-Jun-84 15:40:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 26 15:40:06 1984
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Organization: Marine Physical Lab of SIO at UCSD
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Nobody said that there was any difficulty scanning an argument list,
either forward or backward in memory.  The problem is telling when
you have finished.  Either the *number* of arguments has to be
transmitted (PDP-11 Fortran style) or there has to be some unambiguous
marker for the end of the list.

	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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