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Re: stack overflow
>>>>> "Godmar" == Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> writes:
>> At every procedure call, an additional parameter is being passed.
>> This parameter contains the current stacklimit. On each procedure
>> entry, the parameter is checked against the current stack pointer.
Godmar> On obvious disadvantage of this approach is that it would
Godmar> undermine the Java==C++ illusion CNI promises. Calling Java
Godmar> code from separately compiled C/C++ code wouldn't be possible
Godmar> in a transparent manner.
I think we want Java and C++ to look more alike, not less. I'd be
against this approach on this basis (which really means that it would
be a last-resort approach). I don't have a better suggestion yet,
though.
Tom