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From: "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GNAT parameter passing, C-style?
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:47:02 +0000, Frank J. Lhota wrote:

> Now I get it! The problem is that I have spent most of my career with the
> Intel architecture, where the paucity of registers preclude any extensive
> use of registers for parameter passing. Of course, passing parameters by
> registers avoids all of these issues, since nothing is pushed onto or popped
> off the stack.

Yes, and if platforms such as the Amiga had prevailed, the braindead x86
with their crap register(s &) usage would've made the future of CPU's a
nicer place to work in (more registers that just made sense).

Anyone familiar with the Amiga or any decent modern CPU knows what I'm
talking about. I like having functions where a minimal (if at all) stack
is allocated.

Luke.