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   Branimir Maksimovic to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: microsoft vs linux   
   06 Jul 21 02:51:48   
   
   From: branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com   
      
   On 2021-07-06, muta...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Why you are bothered with int 80h? Why don't you use glibc   
   then you don't need syscalls directly?   
   Yes with vsyscall you don't need int 80h if that suits you...   
   >   
   > Thanks. Paul.   
      
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