8086 (was Re: more talking to the press.)

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Fri Nov 14 19:37:32 2003

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 16:29, Patrick Rigney wrote:

> > void foofill(char *start,char *end)
...
> yeah... and, I assume if you specify start and end with the same value, you
> want that ONE byte filled with zero, so the test should be:
>
> while (start <= end)
>
> Nicht war? --Patrick

All criticisms are correct, my only defense is that it was 'for
illustration purposes only' (sic).

But it also proves a point, no code is 'temporary', kludges last forever
to embarrass their authors and all code needs documentation :-)
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 19:37:32 GMT