Re: Why RosAsm Breaks on a large number of symbols

From: Robert Redelmeier (redelm_at_ev1.net.invalid)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:13:26 GMT

hutch-- <hutch@movsd.com> wrote:
> understand what you are talking about, if you write a loop
> and set the highers priority to the app with that loop you
> lock up the box. It can probably happen although I doubt it
> on any of the NT based systems, I have locked up various
> things one win2k and it can be closed down by the system
> without any problems.

I've locked MS-WinNT 4.0 with `jmp $` set at realtime priority
from non-admin userspace. I should try on an MS-Win2k system.

-- Robert

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