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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:44:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199709271644.JAA15962@adit.ap.net>
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To: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: hello.s, anyone?

At 07:39  9/25/1997, Charles Sandmann wrote:
>> Hi, there. This is a _really_ trivial point, and I wonder if I'm correct.
>> When I run this masterful program, I get an exit of 12 octal (gdb) or 10
>> decimal (fsdb), and I'm wondering if the next to last line might be
>> modified to
>>          movw   $0x4c00, %ax
>
>Certainly, if the return code is important to you.  I was expecting 
>someone to jump up and down and scream about "void start" here ... ;-)
But it takes *two more bytes*!!! Oh no! We'll never have the smallest
program if you people insist on adding *features*! :))

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net



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