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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: return -1 using size_t??? |
| Date | 2012-02-13 13:08 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <4F39519E.9030407@verizon.net> (permalink) |
| References | (9 earlier) <0.fe5ce21679eadd980834.20120212232548GMT.87obt38whv.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <slrnjjhu2f.3i4.angel+news@pearlgates.net> <0.420c3e57efe9dc3d1fc1.20120213125450GMT.87pqdi7v1h.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <4F39442D.8000909@verizon.net> <0.38208614cfb101cd5e14.20120213172827GMT.87r4xy63t0.fsf@bsb.me.uk> |
On 02/13/2012 12:28 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote: > James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes: > >> On 02/13/2012 07:54 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote: ... >>> The only reason to use the clunky system is that you have old software >>> that requires this environment. >> >> I thought you said this was "current"? That's a rather less impressive >> example if it is indeed a clunky old machine, rather than one that is >> still in sufficiently active use to require new supported releases. > > I did. It is current. It has supported releases (the latest into 2013 > at least). Is that inconsistent with it being a "clunky old system"? (I > didn't say "machine".) I wouldn't call it "current" if it's only used by those with a pressing need to run "old software". One term I've often heard used for such systems is "legacy". I own an old program called MaxThink that I'd love to be able to run that requires (IIRC) MS-DOS 2.2 - it had some features that no more modern software I've seen matches, and I have a lot of old files stored in MaxThink format. If I still owned an MS-DOS 2.2 system I could run it on, I wouldn't call it a "current" system, even if MS choose to still provide support for such systems. Of course, the original disks became corrupt even before I got rid of my last floppy disk drive. It wasn't copy protected, and I made working copies to several different locations, but all of those copies are currently inaccessible for one reason or another, and the relevant backup disks are unreadable. Therefore, even if I could copy it to an emulated MS-DOS environment (I did once have it working under dosemu), it wouldn't do me any good. Very annoying.
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return -1 using size_t??? Robert Hayes <rhyes80@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 11:21 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 15:00 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-11 23:24 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jeffrey R <joeff@nospam.com> - 2012-02-11 19:58 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-11 15:11 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-11 15:07 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Robert Hayes <rhyes80@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 12:42 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-02-11 13:19 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-11 17:10 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-02-12 03:48 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-12 04:04 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jeffrey R <joeff@nospam.com> - 2012-02-11 22:25 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-11 14:36 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-11 23:17 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jeroen Mostert <jmostert@xs4all.nl> - 2012-02-11 23:46 +0100
Re: return -1 using size_t??? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-02-11 19:18 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-12 08:38 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-11 23:32 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-02-11 19:15 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ralph Spitzner <rasp@spitzner.org> - 2012-02-13 13:51 +0100
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-11 12:40 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-11 17:02 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-11 14:11 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-11 17:21 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-11 14:31 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-11 22:52 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-02-12 00:20 +0100
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-12 09:21 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-12 12:27 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jeroen Mostert <jmostert@xs4all.nl> - 2012-02-12 22:17 +0100
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-12 15:10 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-13 03:11 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-12 23:25 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jeroen Mostert <jmostert@xs4all.nl> - 2012-02-13 07:46 +0100
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2012-02-13 10:27 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-13 12:36 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-02-13 10:26 -0700
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-02-14 00:18 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-14 00:29 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-13 16:37 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-02-13 11:47 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-13 12:54 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-02-13 14:30 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-22 01:53 +0200
Re: return -1 using size_t??? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-13 12:11 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-13 17:28 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-13 13:08 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-13 23:06 +0000
Re: return -1 using size_t??? William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-02-13 14:39 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-13 14:59 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-02-12 22:17 +0100
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-12 15:06 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-12 18:12 -0500
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-22 02:15 +0200
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-02-11 14:27 -0800
Re: return -1 using size_t??? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-11 17:34 -0800
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