On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:30:47 +0200, BOURGUIGNON D DvSI/SNPI MTY wrote:
.....
>> 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$
Not to defend Windows here, but that's about the same that the Win32
API does.
It uses the Pascal calling convention for space reason and every call
has a wrapper
that more or less checks the parameters.
Jochen
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