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Yet another wrinkle or dimension to this is the C vs Pascal calling conventions [1]. I remember from Win 32 SDK days (MS VC, Borland C, etc.), e.g.:

"long far pascal" as part of the type decl of functions.

[1] which was about the order in which function args get pushed onto the stack before the jump to the function is taken - L to R or R to L.

Used to wonder what non-tech people would think if they heard a programmer saying such stuff out aloud :)




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