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8086 rules (Miscellaneous)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 21.02.2024, 12:06

> > Or rather - what needed to happen so that law-abiding
> > citizens got rewarded for all their effort?
> >
> > Can you create a timeline or game plan that would
> > benefit those who spent the effort to follow rules?
>
> The most beneficial plan would have been to:
>
> - Wait a few years
> - Recompile for the desired target (be that Unix, OS/2 or Win32, probably
> depending on the time frame envisioned)
>
> Because to the producer of the software, binary compatibility is a
> minuscule benefit.

I'm intending to follow the rules, publish a binary,
lose the source code, and then die.

And I want my users to get the benefit of me being
law-abiding, even though I'm lousy at source control
and watching for buses when I cross the road.

BFN. Paul.

Complete thread:

• 8086 rules - kerravon, 21.02.2024, 07:24 (Miscellaneous)
  • 8086 rules - Japheth, 21.02.2024, 09:03
    • 8086 rules - Rugxulo, 21.02.2024, 10:38
    • 8086 rules - kerravon, 21.02.2024, 11:02
      • 8086 rules - Ringding, 21.02.2024, 11:56
        • 8086 rules - kerravon, 21.02.2024, 12:06
      • 8086 rules - Japheth, 21.02.2024, 15:16
        • 8086 rules - Ringding, 21.02.2024, 15:24
  • 8086 rules - mceric, 21.02.2024, 11:07
    • 8086 rules - kerravon, 21.02.2024, 12:02
    • 8086 rules - kerravon, 21.02.2024, 13:36
    • 8086 rules - CS writing, lDebugX - ecm, 21.02.2024, 14:57
  • 8086 rules - bretjohn, 21.02.2024, 17:40
    • 8086 rules - kerravon, 21.02.2024, 23:35