From: "Tonu Aas" <tonu AT ids DOT ee>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: pokeb peekb
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 14:42:11 +0300
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>  >> 1) what's the shortest complete program that pokes a face (ascii 1)
>  >>    into the exact middle of the screen and exits to DOS ?

> but it would be possible to write a routine, that works on the
> -say- 5 most common compilers  . Wouldn't it ?
>
> It is very unsatisfactory IMO , when all the different compilers
> are so much incompatible !

Yes, it is. Worse, you cant do the same under same compiler and
different platform. And dont even think about different CPU-s.

Tõnu.