[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2018-08-02 02:51, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Well - a compiler can be written in pure C with no system calls at all
> beyond the C RTL.
> 
> So no need for any assembler to make system calls.

Well, the C RTL needs some assembler in order to make those system 
calls... Hiding it in another library does not make it go away...

   Johnny

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