On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:59:33 -0500, Victor Gil wrote:

>No, subtract 8-16 bytes from the area address to get to the header...
>
>I guess my usage of the words "top" and "ABOVE" could be misleading - this is 
>how we were drawing memory maps back in the 70s, so that they grow DOWN from 
>the staring location
> 
And Bill Waite teaching a CS class circa 1972 would sketch a memory map on the
chalkboard and describe it, saying "Up" and pointing to the floor; "Down" and 
pointing
to the ceiling.  Algebra vs. geometry.

Somewhat like ISPF scrolling.  A couple releases ago, Apple reversed the 
conventions
of scrolling-by-gesture in OS X (optionally, but default) to be compatible with 
iOS.

But still, I wondered if it arose from a desire to page-align the base of the 
area.

-- gil

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