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From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Variable argument lists.
Message-ID: <1777@rpp386.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 88 11:37:31 GMT
References: <14139@brl-adm.ARPA> <504@sas.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers
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In article <504@sas.UUCP> bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger) writes:
>In article <14139@brl-adm.ARPA> bates%falcon.dnet%fermat@bru.mayo.edu (Cary Bates) asks:

[ why can't functions with variable numbers of arguments determine the
  number of arguments they were called with? ]

>Because it is not possible to do so on many architectures, including lots of
>Unices.

could someone please present an example of an architecture were this
CAN'T be done?  and does anyone actually have timings for a system where
this has been done versus not to support the claim that doing this is
very expensive?

- john.
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