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  • Self-modifying code

    From Eddy Thilleman@2:280/5143.7 to Murray Lesser on Thu Jan 18 01:43:54 2001
    Hello Murray,

    Tuesday 16 January 2001 00:00, Murray Lesser wrote to Darin McBride:

    My shortest such utility has a file length of 44 bytes and isn't "self-modifying."

    Is this a contest of the shortest and smallest .COM file?? ;-)


    Greetings -=Eddy=-

    email: e.thilleman@freeler.nl
    e.thilleman@hccnet.nl

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  • From Mike Luther@1:117/3001 to Eddy Thilleman on Fri Jan 19 23:37:24 2001
    Prolly the famous DOS ballad,

    Hello Murray,

    Tuesday 16 January 2001 00:00, Murray Lesser wrote to Darin McBride:

    My shortest such utility has a file length of 44 bytes and isn't ML>
    "self-modifying."

    Is this a contest of the shortest and smallest .COM file?? ;-)

    "Reboot, there's a muddy road ahead! Bye Now"

    Mike @ 117/3001

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  • From Murray Lesser@1:109/347 to Eddy Thilleman on Sat Jan 20 16:00:00 2001
    (Excerpts from a message from Eddy Thilleman to Murray Lesser)

    Hello Eddy--

    Tuesday 16 January 2001 00:00, Murray Lesser wrote to Darin McBride:

    My shortest such utility has a file length of 44 bytes and isn't "self-modifying."

    Is this a contest of the shortest and smallest .COM file?? ;-)

    No. It is merely an example. It is a very trivial example, as all
    it does is set the left margin on my IBM Quickwriter dot-matrix printer.
    A more useful assembled routine is David Noon's TELLBOOT.DLL (file size:
    619 bytes) used with "classic" REXX programs to return the boot drive
    partition letter a REXX program.

    Regards,

    --Murray
    <Team PL/I>
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