Re: Bug in Hugs February 2000 release...

[Alastair Reid]

> The Mach book suggested the stack is at the top, growing
> downwards. This is how it works under MacOS, too. Do all OS's do
> this (with the exception of more advanced, such as Mach)?

It's determined by the processor - I think PA-Risc is the only one
with an upward growing stack.  (The Hugs config code already has some
checks for this sort of thing because the GC has to scan the stack for
pointers.)

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