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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:10:50 GMT
> >
> > I hate to see modified versions with no obvious markers.  It makes
> > checking things by binary identity impossible.
> 
> ???  How exactly do you ``check things by binary identity''?  If you
> use something like RCS's `ident' program, you should be able to see
> the difference.  If you use any other methods, please tell what they
> are.

Before futzing with somebody elses code, I like to check that I
can duplicate their results.  The quickest way is to do a
compile/assemble/whatnot and a binary compare on the final
product.  I may have to allow for different embedded dates, etc,
and may have to play games with directory structures to get the
match, but when I do it is quite positive.

Now, when I revise something and it doesn't work, I know who to
blame.  That saves a lot of time and effort.

This is also a reason to curse systems that output uninitialized
areas full of junk from some other process/file/etc.  Microsoft is
especially bad.  On MsDos I used to have a baby utility that would
clear all available memory to eliminate those variables.  Not
practical nowadays.

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