Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/06/23/18:53:38
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Max Kaehn
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:09 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: How to make DLLs in cygwin for MSVC and BCB
>
> On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 18:18 +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> > Sorry, but why isn't that 4k at the *TOP* of the stack? It sure
> > looks that way to me, unless cygwin stacks grow upward!
>
> You're mixing the metaphors. :-) The top of a stack is where
> you push something down onto the stack. The bottom of the
> stack is at the other end. There happens to be an
> implementation detail of stacks growing downward in memory,
> so the bottom of the stack is at the top of the memory
> allocated to the stack. I always found that puzzling, too...
>
>
Oh. My. God. This was prophesied almost two thousand years ago!:
"But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first." -
Matthew 19:30
Aaaaahhhh! It's the rapture! Quick, get the CR/LF thing solved before God
comes!
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Gary R. Van Sickle
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