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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: printf() problem
Message-ID: <2710@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 29 Apr 89 22:36:33 GMT
References: <11657@hodge.UUCP> <2679@buengc.BU.EDU> <1109@vsi.COM>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
Followup-To: comp.lang.c
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In article <1109@vsi.COM> friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes:
>[talking about why printf() "rearranges" the order of its arguments]
>
>In article <2679@buengc.BU.EDU>, bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>> 
>> If there are compilers that do it the other way (FIFO stack for args),
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>Actually, they're all FIFO stacks.
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>P.S. - A *FIFO* stack?

Okay, a FIFO memory-worm...

					--Blair
					  ":o)"