Re: TASM? Help compiling SNEWS

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From: Nick Leverton
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <855868153snz@mmpintl.demon.co.uk>
   mike@mmpintl.demon.co.uk (Mike Parker) writes:
>SNEWS was written using an old C compiler which did not offer the system()
>library call. If your library offers this (BCC, SC, MSVC++, VA, DJGPP, GNU all
>offer this library call) then you do not need any of the assembler code or
>the exec.c file.
>
>Just put your compiler identifier in the replacement system() subroutine in the
>file snews.c

No, I'm pretty sure the spawn stuff is to permit Snews to swap itself
out and leave more memory for the called program.  I seem to recall
putting it in, or else persuading someone else to do it.  If you use a
standard system() call, you'll lose this, unless your new compiler's
libraries do it automatically.

Nick

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