From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 3:31:15 PM UTC+10, Frank Kotler wrote:   
      
   > I'm not sure, Paul, but I think your original premise may not be   
   > correct. I do not think that Windows makes it any "easier" for an   
      
   Maybe my premise needs to be refined. Let's start with   
   a non-multitasking "hello world" program. Everything I   
   write is a glorified "hello world" (C90-compliant).   
      
   > executable than Linux. I haven't run Windows since win98, so I may not   
   > be up-to-date... Does fs not point to "thread local storage"? (a   
   > non-flat descriptor)?   
      
   It may be, but I am certain there is no manipulation or use   
   of "fs" in the Win32 executables I produce, because I know   
   what goes into every byte of code, which is how I know it   
   is all public domain, so my executables are totally public   
   domain.   
      
   > Does not Windows use an interrupt... int 0xE2 ???   
   > " behind the scenes"?   
      
   I don't care if there are 50 billion INT calls and syscalls   
   and manipulation of hardware and segment register   
   manipulation so long as it happens OUTSIDE my   
   executable.   
      
   At least when I'm wearing my application programmer's hat,   
   which I am at the moment, looking for clean executables.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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