Language conventions

    When you name symbols that you plan to use externally, remember to use
    the language specifier for your particular language. These
    requirements for variable names are:

       Pascal    Uppercase characters
       C/C++     Name must start with underscore (_). Rest of name should
                 be in lowercase characters (_name)


    When you specify a language in the MODEL directive or in the PROC
    declaration, or declare the language in a symbol's PUBLIC (GLOBAL)
    declaration, Turbo Assembler will automatically use the proper naming
    conventions for that language, as follows:

    ■ C, CPP, and PROLOG use the C/C++ naming conventions

    ■ BASIC, PASCAL, FORTRAN, and NOLANGUAGE (assembler) languages use the
      Pascal naming conventions

    ■ SYSCALL specifies C calling conventions, but without prepending
      underscores to symbol names (like Pascal naming conventions)

    ■ STDCALL uses C calling conventions for procedures with variable
      arguments, and Pascal calling conventions for procedures with fixed
      arguments. It always uses the C naming convention.


    The /ml command line switch tells Turbo Assembler to treat all symbol
    names as case-sensitive. The /mx switch tells the assembler to treat
    only external and public symbols as case-sensitive, and that all other
    symbols within the source file are uppercase. When you use these two
    switches together, they have a special meaning for symbols declared as
    Pascal; these switches cause the symbols in question to be published
    as all uppercase to the linker.


    Procedure calls

    Language         None   Basic  Fortran Pascal C      CPP    Prolog
    Arguments are    L-R    L-R    L-R     L-R    R-L    R-L    R-L
    PUSHed
    (left-to-right,
    right-to-left)
    Who cleans up    Proc   Proc   Proc    Proc   Caller Caller Caller
    stack (caller,
    procedure)