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05/21/07 16:08
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 		 #139598 - it depends
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Russ Cooper said:
Fortnately, what I learned was that tricks like the one at EatLoop are a really bad idea the second you leave the classroom.

Sure.
As all of those dirty tricks, they have to remain in the darkest corner of the developer's toolbox, clearle labelled "emergency use only" - either hidden in a library never to be seen by human, as the last resort to spare a few bytes when there is no escape, or as a disguise if you want to make hard time for the "unlocker" guys... :-)

JW


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Weekend Quiz - easy            01/01/70 00:00      
   Dumbbbbbb            01/01/70 00:00      
      I know of 3, and it is \"synthtetic\"...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hi Jan!            01/01/70 00:00      
      2 out of 3            01/01/70 00:00      
   Comment lies!            01/01/70 00:00      
      that makes 4... embarrassing            01/01/70 00:00      
         #4            01/01/70 00:00      
            N-th            01/01/70 00:00      
               Similar            01/01/70 00:00      
         Thats the one I saw first too !            01/01/70 00:00      
   Another lyin\' comment            01/01/70 00:00      
      Bingo!            01/01/70 00:00      
   seems solved - so now for the equivalent in C?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Oops            01/01/70 00:00      
         Gee ... it was just an 'x' ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yup ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            "just" an x ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   writing SBUF without checking?            01/01/70 00:00      
      well...            01/01/70 00:00      
      the REAL mistake is using an HLL rather than ASM            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not so            01/01/70 00:00      
   Shall we continue this???            01/01/70 00:00      
      the spec itself is problematic            01/01/70 00:00      
         How would you fix the spec?            01/01/70 00:00      
            handle DEL (0x7f) and BS?            01/01/70 00:00      
               throwing in something to chew on... :-)            01/01/70 00:00      
               Are DEL and BS equivalent ???            01/01/70 00:00      
                  relax.            01/01/70 00:00      
      ReceiveString, rev.1            01/01/70 00:00      
         ReceiveString, rev. 2            01/01/70 00:00      
            there are many ways...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Comments on comments on ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  (comments on)^3            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Caller-saves            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Caller-save vs. Callee-save            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Compiler trade-off            01/01/70 00:00      
      ReceiveString, rev. 3            01/01/70 00:00      
   Sunday Challenge (rev 4)            01/01/70 00:00      
      hard to beat...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Just one more byte ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            want to spare bytes?            01/01/70 00:00      
               CALL vs ACALL            01/01/70 00:00      
                  it depends            01/01/70 00:00      

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