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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 1:33 AM   #11
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I remember when I was a wee lad, and being impressed by the stack abuse in the Borland library sources used to achieve chaining without multiple INT calls (the caller's return address was replaced, and the IRET chained to the next handler).
Yeah, and you both beat me. Think how I feel!
Remember Borland Sidekick? What an interrupt nightmare that was!
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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 8:01 AM   #12
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Nothing like non-reentrant code in the OS to make these machinations even more robust, I allus say.
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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 2:36 PM   #13
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God, you guys are painfully slow.
In my defense, I had zero sleep the night before. The girlfriend is having plumbing problems, and between dealing with the plumbing contractors, building strata, and calming down a very excitable female, it hasn't fit into the schedule. :/
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If you're referring to Usenet or IRC, I wouldn't know, but if you're referring to Fidonet, I remember the C echo. There were some good people there, but some weenies as well. Thanks to people there, I remained a 'Schildt virgin'- I was never tempted to open the covers of one of his books after being enlightened.
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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 8:23 PM   #14
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My sweetie also had plumbing problems, but she finally got through menopause.
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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 10:09 PM   #15
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My sweetie also had plumbing problems, but she finally got through menopause.
I think I just projectile vomited on my screen.
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Old Oct 25th, 2007, 3:32 PM   #16
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My sweetie also had plumbing problems, but she finally got through menopause.
Too much information there, DaWei, but since we're sharing...

Why do you think she's so excitable right now? Hint: if she wants a shower, we've got to go to my place.

Okay, I'll stop!
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Tell the plumbing contractors to take a week off.
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