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Subject: function arguments
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 17:40:20 EST
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From: Christopher Ho <Chris@USC-ECLC.ARPA>

Unless you are using an as-yet-unreleased version of DEC's VMS C
compiler, parameters are accessed directly on the stack.  The compiler
does not yet fully follow the VAX-11 calling standard, and exclusively
uses the CALLS instruction.  Problems only occur when mixing with
languages (such as FORTRAN) that use CALLGs.  Our current version is
v1.5; rumour has it that v2.0 will fully follow the calling standard.

If your compiler seems to work differently, could you mail out a code
example?
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