[Info-vax] C troubles: BADSTATICCVT

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In article <p549km$3e0$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2018-02-03, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <p541e9$nlr$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>On 2018-02-02, DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What I see (from far away and distorted) as the biggest problem is what you 
>>>> mentioned elsewhere, the addressing.  You most likely see much clearer and know 
>>>> of possible problems others don't know exist.  So you get the question.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Well, for one thing, one of those problems is that you can't use the
>>>Macro-32 compiler on Alpha to write shellcode. :-) I know because I tried...
>>
>> Why not?
>>
>
>There's too much stuff wrapped around the generated code with entry
>sequences and the mandatory use of linkage sections (for example).

You don't think there's stuff all twisted around when you use C? 



>I was able to get simple stuff (such as load a few registers and
>jump off into somewhere) working but anything more involved wasn't
>possible.

Well, maybe and perhaps,  becasuse I've been writing Macro-32 code since early
VMS days, I don't find it difficult at all, but to proclaim it can't do what's
needed or what is necessary is, to use terminology you can understand, complete
bollocks!
 
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