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To: freedumb2003

Do subroutines still have to save and restore registers?

It’s been so damn long.


48 posted on 04/11/2017 7:43:59 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

>>Do subroutines still have to save and restore registers?

It’s been so damn long.<<

I would assume in BAL.

I wrote a BAL macro language that used stacks (push, pop) which was convenient to save registers as well as pass parameters.

Back when the Earth was still cooling.


56 posted on 04/11/2017 8:30:45 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
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