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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Types
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Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 14:23:27 EDT
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Excuse me, but doesn't the compiler standard make provision for functions
being built-in?  I seem to remember provision having to be made to make
sure one could defeat built in compiler treatment of certain math functions
that were turned into inline code and allowing the user to make them true
function calls (presumably because the programmer wanted to make his own
version of the function).  What makes asm("string") any different than
someones version of log(x) that might get turned into a call to the machines
log instruction, unless it was explicitly turned off?

-Ron