Re: Calling libraries from assembler.

Frank Kotler wrote:
> Terence wrote:
>> A misunderstanding Frank!
>> I know the posting is about the use of Linux.
>> And an ASM program written as a main can call named sub-programs,
>> whether service or otherwise.
>>
>> But this same main program can be used with Windows as long as what
>> its calls are valid for a Windows environment.
>>
>> And here is the point.
>> When you write a 32-bit algorithm in ASM for an Intel chip, the main
>> code is valid whether for Windows or Linux, EXCEPT the calls to
>> services.
>>
>> And I write for DOS and Windoss and change the subprogram library I
>> link with to match.
>> But I have also to match the calling convention or use a common one.
>> And FOrytran and C, as example, use different stack conventions.
> 
> I'm not familiar with Fortran. How do they do it?

Neither am I. But I recall that for one, Fortran doesn't sup****t 
recursion, and, as Robert pointed out, not all early machines had a 
proper stack, parameters might be passed in a fixed location.

The best thing to do would be to compile a Fortran program and look at 
the object code.

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