Re: BDS2006 exe sizes

"J French" <erewhon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Of course using RET makes the COM file more versatile, things like
Foxpro for MSDOS (and probably DBASE, Clipper etc) used to allow you
to load COM files as pseudo DLL's,

Oh wow. I never knew that. It makes perfect sense.


in which case the RET returns
control back to the caller.

However, since I've never used those monstrosities, and don't intend
to start now, I think that the 'versatility' feature, is not really
required.

Perhaps it is inconsiderate of me, depriving posterity of such a
useful routine ... <g>

Yes. Imagine how _short_ they could make "H(e/u)llo world" if they
only had to call an external library for it...

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink


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