From:	Mark McIntyre <mark AT garthorn DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
Subject:	Re: DJGPP reserves wrong int size
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:05:43 +0100
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:25:01 -0400, Pete Becker <petebecker AT acm DOT org>
wrote:

>Tom St Denis wrote:
>> 
>> "Pete Becker" <petebecker AT acm DOT org> wrote in message
>> news:3B37D3FF DOT 6FF43454 AT acm DOT org...
>> > Stuart Golodetz wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I think the problem is that he cannot read hexadecimal numbers yet he is
>> > > trying to find errors with his compiler's generation of assembly
>> language
>> > > instructions
>> >
>> > Nope. Whether its 18 bytes or 24 bytes the issue is still the same: it's
>> > a great deal more than 4 bytes.
>> 
>> So what?  It can reserve 317 bytes if it wants.
>> 
>
>Pay attention to context, please. I was responding to the assertion that
>he didn't know what he was talking about because he misread 0x18 as 18.

and you think that the fact that he can't read hex somehow makes his
other errors ok ? 
-- 
Mark McIntyre
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