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Subject: Re: Minix and compiler models
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Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 12:19:52 EST
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Summary: According to the book

There has been some discussion about compiler models. According to doctor
Tannebaum's book, MINIX supports only : 

(1) All code and data (including stack) in one 64 K segment

(2) All code in one 64K segment and data and stack in another 64K segment
with data starting at the bottom and growing up and the stack at the top
and growing down (I think. I don't have the book handy as I write this)

The C compiler distributed with MINIX supports only (1). A tool is 
provided to help with cross-compiling from MS-DOS to get too.
-- 
Ken Thompson  Phone : (404) 894-7089
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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