Re: BDS2006 exe sizes

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:08:03 +0100, "Maarten Wiltink"
<maarten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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You could also use a NEAR RET to terminate. Initial memory layout was
doctored so that it would... well, do something that terminated your
program. I'd have to look up what and why exactly, and the book is at
home.

Good point - rings old memories.

[...]
This brings back memories ....

... not all of them pleasant.

Perhaps not, but I rather liked it
- my first Delphi was pure ASM

That is how I got interested in this god forsaken language
- that is surprizingly 'interestingly smart'


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