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From: ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Complex Instructions
Message-ID: <1003@quintus.UUCP>
Date: 16 Apr 89 07:12:59 GMT
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In article <17167@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes:
>And in the case of the call instruction, I find the VAX complex instruction
>sorta insulting:  assuming that compiler writers are too stupid to adhere to
>a common spec for inter-language call protocol.

Try calling Pascal from PL/I under MVS sometime.