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From: | nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: pentium |
Date: | 18 Feb 1997 14:41:51 GMT |
Organization: | GameBoutique Ltd. |
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DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
> Why not include an option to build a program into a "super-executable" > with three copies of the code in it, and at the start a routine to > autodetect whether you have <586, 586, or 686 and branch to the right > code, which is properly optimised for that chip? > (Of course exe's would be up to three times as big, except for the 200k > startup-code and stub.) erk no. much better, use self-modifying code to do the same, wouldn't have to be 3x as big then either. regards, nik -- Graham Tootell nikki AT gameboutique DOT com
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