On 1/21/2012 15:49, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
Paul Robinson wrote:
>>> That (PASCALMAIN) will have to change, the object file format for
>>> 370 machines limits a CSECT to 8 characters, with the optional
>>> characters @ # and $. So I might call it MAIN or possibly #MAIN.
>>> (On the PDP/11, most operating systems (RT-11, RSTS/E, RSX)
>>> defined the main program in any language as ".MAIN." )
>>
>> If I understand you correctly, then you might confuse label names
>> with section names.
>
> No, I know exactly what I mean. Label and section names are under the
> same rules in an assembler program on the 370, and a CSECT in 370
> Assembly language
I suspect that this will depend on the target operating system, so the Linux ABI
may differ from e.g. MUSIC/SP.
ABI means what? for those of us reading and trying to keep up ;) this might even
be something new to those attempting to work on such a port task ;)
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