From: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Addresses of Subprograms (was: New GNAT ports)
Date: 1997/01/14
Date: 1997-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5bg7jn$ig8@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5bf9vc$220$1@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU
ok@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Richard A. O'Keefe) summarizes
kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)'s query:
>[There is a distinction between the "address" of a subprogram,
> meaning "what do I use for an indirect call"
> and the "address" of a subprogram,
> meaning "where does the executable code start".
> He cites the Alpha VMS and Macintosh 68k environments as examples,
> and asks
>]
>>Do other operating systems have this separation, and which is the
>>"true" meaning for specifying the address of a subprogram from an
>>Ada perspective ?
I think RS/6000 systems running AIX also have this distinction.
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-12-24 0:00 New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry) Robert Dewar
1996-12-27 0:00 ` New GNAT ports John Howard
1997-01-07 0:00 ` New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry) Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Dr. Peter E. Obermayer
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Addresses of Subprograms (was: New GNAT ports) Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-14 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-14 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson [this message]
1997-01-15 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-01-09 0:00 ` New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry) Ken Garlington
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Karl Cooper
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-13 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
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