Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!INFO-IBMPC@USC-ISIB From: INFO-IBMPC%USC-ISIB@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Reentrancy and C Compilers Message-ID: <1590@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-May-83 21:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1590 Posted: Thu May 26 21:42:00 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jun-83 05:43:54 EDT Lines: 8 From: Dick GillmannNot necessarily. A routine can be recursive and not reentrant. For example, a routine could have self-modifying code and as long this was restored before a recursive call, it would work. Ditto for own variables. It's not likely that a C compiler would do such things, though. -------