Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!apple!lsr
From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Flex fast lexical analyzer for MPW announcement.
Keywords: %Globaldata Sucks Wind.
Message-ID: <10927@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 23 May 88 16:58:09 GMT
References: <8534@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <10896@apple.Apple.Com> <6645@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer
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In article <6645@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Pierce T. Wetter) writes:
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>  ABOVE ALL, 32K IS HALF AS MUCH AS THE LIMIT SHOULD BE. Whoever is in charge

Recall that positive offsets from A5 are used for jump table entries.  These
are necessary for cross-segment procedure calls.  So the other half of the
global space is not totally unused.