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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: What is a Display ? (was: Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs)
Date: 1999/08/06
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In article <1999Aug5.175752.1@eisner>,
  Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> ... in the context of the following comments:

A display is a standard mechanism for uplevel referencing.
Basically it is a table of addresses of statically enclosing
frames. FOr details see any compiler book, e.g. the dragon
book.

The common alternative is a static link, which is simply
a pointer to the nearest statically enclosing frame, then
you follow the links to get to higher levels


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