Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!james.umcp-cs@udel-relay From: james.umcp-cs%udel-relay@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Shared system routines Message-ID: <3413@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-Jul-83 21:44:32 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3413 Posted: Sun Jul 24 21:44:32 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 25-Jul-83 22:59:07 EDT Lines: 7 From: James O'TooleOn PRIME machines running the PRIMOS operating system, sharing of library routines is accomplished via a strange call-by-name. The name of the routine is provided to the OS, it looks up the address, and MODIFIES the calling instruction to directly this address. I don't like this, but it works pretty well.