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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Frank Kotler   
   Re: microsoft vs linux   
   30 Jun 21 21:40:39   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 9:08:13 AM UTC+10, Frank Kotler wrote:   
      
   > (to Paul)   
   > "syscall" is an instruction... just like "int"...   
      
   Ok, thanks. Which means the caller needs to be privileged   
   enough to set up some table, right?   
      
   Something Win32 executables don't need to be able to do.   
      
   Does the Linux 80386 parameter after envp require the   
   caller to have ensured special tables be set up?   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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