5 Jun
2004
5 Jun
'04
7:41 a.m.
Scott Moore wrote:
Frank Heckenbach wrote:
By the way, the AMD ABI or calling/sizing convention which gcc is based on, and requires ints remain 32 bits, violates the standard for C as well.
What does it demand? (I'm not really an expert on C standards. ;-)
Frank
Oh, well, I was afraid you would call me on that. I taught a class on the AMD64 arch, and it came up in my research. However, its probally a valid point for you, so I will go find it.
I looked through the material, I can't find the point I had back then, so I'll retract that, sorry.