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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Branimir Maksimovic   
   Re: microsoft vs linux   
   05 Jul 21 17:05:20   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 9:50:47 AM UTC+10, Branimir Maksimovic wrote:   
      
   > > And under what circumstances should the parameter   
   > > after envp be used?   
      
   > At the beginning of program you obtain pointer and use it instead of int 80h.   
   > Benefit is it was faster on older hardwer, now not worth a fuss...   
      
   Not worth a fuss because what?   
      
   I'm not concerned about speed on older hardware,   
   but if it is the cleanest way of removing *all* traces   
   of "INT 80H" from an executable then I am interested.   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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