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Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ?

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2021-12-07 at 00:19 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
> A program is written in order to be executed. To write a program
> which can be executed on nearly none of the current computers
> (without first installing additional software like DOSBox) doesn't
> make much sense.

In this line of thoughts, writing Java doesn't make sense, because it
requires installing a JRE first. Writing JavaScript doesn't make sense
because it requires a browser, even PHP is stupid because it is not
stand-alone executable code...

> Because normally a program is not only executed once. And if the
> code still can be useful in a few years, it shouldn't be written
> for a system which is obsolete already now.

16-bit code has bigger chances of being useful in a few years than a
"modern" code has, given that libraries change, operating systems
change, etc. DOS is one of the very few "APIs" that are stable, while
the rest of the IT ecosystem is a moving target. Nowadays it is easy to
run a 16-bit program in a browser. Try doing the same with any other
executable program.

> Even if done as a hobby, the result should be something useful.

Ah, I only noticed the name now... A German. Should've guessed earlier.

Mateusz

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How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-04 08:56 +0100
  Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-04 12:47 +0000
    Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-04 15:57 +0100
      Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-04 16:13 +0000
        Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-04 18:41 +0100
          Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-04 20:28 +0000
            Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-05 08:56 +0100
              Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-05 10:32 +0000
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-05 13:11 +0100
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-05 12:21 +0000
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-05 14:59 +0100
        Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-04 19:00 +0100
  Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2021-12-05 14:27 +0700
    Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <>  DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-05 12:43 +0100
  Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? "Alexei A. Frounze" <alexfrunews@gmail.com> - 2021-12-05 22:25 -0800
    Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Mateusz Viste <mateusz@xyz.invalid> - 2021-12-06 09:30 +0100
    Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-06 14:33 +0100
      Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2021-12-06 19:01 +0100
        Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-06 21:16 +0100
          Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2021-12-07 00:19 +0100
            Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Mateusz Viste <mateusz@xyz.invalid> - 2021-12-07 09:31 +0100
            Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-07 09:37 +0100
            Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ?   Newbie language. "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-08 10:16 +0100
              Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Newbie language. Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2021-12-08 17:39 +0100
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Newbie language. "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-08 17:37 +0000
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Newbie language. Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2021-12-08 22:31 +0100
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Newbie language. "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-12-09 21:43 +0000
                Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? Newbie language. "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-08 22:19 +0100
      Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? "Alexei A. Frounze" <alexfrunews@gmail.com> - 2021-12-06 22:40 -0800
        Re: How to access stack-based data (strings) when SS <> DS ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-12-07 10:17 +0100

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