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From: mintz@hpindda.HP.COM (Ken Mintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Passing pointers in C to 8086 assembler
Message-ID: <4330070@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Apr 88 21:41:22 GMT
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Organization: HP Technical Networks, Cupertino, Calif.
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> Howard_Johnson@portal writes:
> > ...this may be old hat to experienced programers...
> > [ and yaks for > 100 lines about basic 8086 assembly stuff ]
>
> Yup, old hat.  The original poster was obviously an assembler neophyte
> and needed some help, but couldn't you have answered through mail
> instead of making the whole net read long-winded explainations
> they either allready know or don't care about?

  By the same token, yours is a one-on-one complaint that might have been
  handled best through email.  But I'm glad you posted it so that others
  might comment.

  I, for one, prefer people to post their (informative) answers rather than
  email them.  Often, I anticipate having the same question and can benefit
  from the answer.  I was not aware that this forum is only for expert
  questions (if you can define that), and I would not presume to know what
  others know or care about.  Also, sometimes there are good ways and better
  ways to do things.  Postings here might draw out the better answers.

  Certainly, it's a judgment call.  And you might be correct in this 
  particular case.  But I don't think it deserved the public lambasting which
  others might (mis)interpret as de rigueur in general.

Ken Mintz ("can you spare 2 cents?")