Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!tekecs!orca!andrew From: andrew@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: stack memory allocation: a compiler that can't do it Message-ID: <1412@orca.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jul-83 16:38:51 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1412 Posted: Tue Jul 19 16:38:51 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jul-83 03:20:42 EDT References: sri-arpa.3052 Lines: 7 The Aztec C compiler for 8080/8085/Z80 makes the stack pointer do double duty as a frame pointer. [It understands how to change frame offsets when stacking parameters to procedure calls.] The "alloca" scheme would fail with code from this compiler. -- Andrew Klossner (decvax!teklabs!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew.tektronix@rand-relay) [ARPA]