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My first assembly was 6502 which kept a call stack in page 3 (128 levels deep being the maximum call depth as a consequence). When I learned 370 assembly, I rem
by dhosek 3y ago
My first assembly was 6502 which kept a call stack in page 3 (128 levels deep being the maximum call depth as a consequence). When I learned 370 assembly, I remember being shocked to discover that an application was responsible for maintaining its own call stack.
- dhosek 3y ago(D’oh, not page 3, page one. Page 3 on the Apple ][ was reserved for & handlers and, IIRC page 2 was the input buffer.