> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]De la part de Eric L. Strobel
> Envoye : jeudi 11 avril 2002 15:30
> A : newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Objet : Re: [NTLK] PDFNewt
>
> Certainly! All the original Mac stuff was Pascal. That's
> why all Mac C/C++
> compilers since ancient times have had provisions to do 'pascal'
> declaration. As I recall, what you find is that many Toolbox
> calls in other
> languages are just wrappers that ensure the arguments are
> cast properly and
> placed on the stack in Pascal ordering, then they do an
> inline assembly call
> to the appropriate Toolbox routine.
>
That's maybe why Mac OS is more secure than Win$
> I suspect that Apple (& Borland) unnaturally prolonged the
> existence of
> Pascal for many years... ;-)
>
> - Eric.
>
I love this idea ;-)
Cordialement
Didier BOURGUIGNON
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