C declaration styles

[Eric K. Bustad]

In article <1238 at wjvax.UUCP>, miker at wjvax.UUCP (Michael Ryan) writes:
> [stuff deleted]
> why not use the cdecl keyword , as supported by Msoft 5.0 ....
> 	
> 	void foo(int x, double y); /*only if you have prototypes */
> 
> 	/* if you do prototypes or not, as well as cdecl or not */
> 	void cdecl foo( int x, double y) 
> 	{
> [more stuff deleted]

No one else has asked, so I guess that I must reveal my ignorance.
Can someone explain the meaning of Microsoft's "cdecl" keyword?

= Eric