alt Hacker NewsYup. If you call a function with the C calling convention with the incorrect number of parameters, your cleanup code still does the right thing. With the Pascal calling convention, your stack is corrupted.
Yup. If you call a function with the C calling convention with the incorrect number of parameters, your cleanup code still does the right thing. With the Pascal calling convention, your stack is corrupted.
Yeah, it's really irresponsible how Pascal sacrifices such safety features in the name of faster and more compact code... oh, wait, the compiler stops you from calling a function with incorrect parameters? Bah, quiche eaters!