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|    Re: different MZ extension    |
|    25 Nov 22 12:35:46    |
      From: muta...@gmail.com              Actually I could dump not just int, but also short,       long, void *, char * and function pointers in an       attempt to make sure the sizes all match.              The pointers may not be relevant to MZ, as       segmentation allows for mismatches.              And a.out probably requires they all be the same.              If pointers are dumped I assume they need to       appear between two int identifiers in order to be       able to figure out the length, as they will just be       NULL pointers.              Maybe such identity checking is not very useful       though, as a 32-bit ARM and 32-bit 80386 executable       will look the same from the header.              I don't want to get involved in different identifiers for       different platforms. This is PDOS-generic designed to       run on everything, like 1024-bit systems that haven't       been built yet. I don't want space aliens digging up       my grave 7 million years from now asking me to       assign an identifier for their new 1024-bit computer.       The code already works. Ritchie designed a language       designed to last for eternity. The language ISO       managed to make an abortion of in just 9 years       (ie C99 vs C90).              BFN. Paul.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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