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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: 4.?bsd 'cc' versus 'as':  which one's right on text padding?
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 22:40:14 EST
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Keywords: bsd cc as padding

Nit-picking time:  the 4.?bsd C compiler goes out of its way (with ".align 1"
directives) to ensure that functions begin at addresses divisible by two.
On the other hand, the 4.?bsd assembler thinks that aligning to addresses
divisible by four is the way to go--it "rounds segments" so that they always
contain some multiple of four bytes.

So, wizards, is it 'cc' or 'as' that's right?  Or are both wrong?
Please mail replies to me.  Thanks.
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