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From: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Addresses of Subprograms (was: New GNAT ports)
Date: 1997/01/14
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Date: 1997-01-14T00:00:00+00:00
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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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