Re: Passing pointers as parms -- RPG400-L

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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Jim Langston wrote:

> Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
(((SNIP)))
> 
> If you are concerned about the size of the data being passed don't be, you
> are only passing a pointer regardless which is (most likely) 4 bytes or
> maybe even 8 bytes (are RISC boxes 64 bit?).
> 
> Regards,
> Jim Langston

Last I checked, pointers were 16 bytes long.  True, the time it takes to
pass these 16 bytes is completely insignificant.


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