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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: Contiguous function arguments
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Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 11:14:07 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 23 11:14:07 1985
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> Where is it written that function arguments must appear on the
> stack contiguously?  K & R says the arguments are "passed by value", giving
> no indication that the arguments should be on the stack or in a register.

It seems to me that if you are on a machine with a register file architecture
(like RISC), you would expect the arguments to NOT be on the stack!  I wouldn't
count on anything about formal parameter memory allocation.
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