Unix Stack Frame Questions

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1991Apr4.230716.21177 at cbnewsm.att.com> lfd at cbnewsm.att.com (Lee Derbenwick) writes:
>All the C language guarantees you is behavior _as if_ there were a stack.

It's probably better to simply say that autos and parameters are distinct
for each active invocation of a function.  I don't like the "stack" model
since it can mislead the unwary.  If one has to have a model, try the
linked activation record model a la Burroughs B5700 etc.  (Interestingly,
that was a genuine "stack architecture", but the stack was not used for
the activation records.)  However, a model should not be necessary.