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to: JOHN GARDENIERS
from: TIM HUTZLER
date: 1997-11-07 15:41:00
subject: Re: jmp $+2

JG>Hi Tim,
-=>01 Nov 97 21:20, Tim Hutzler wrote to Glenn Delahoy <=-
GD>>jmp $+2
TH>It is considered poor programming practice with the 86xx family, but
JG>Considered "bad practice" by who?
By those who think they only use good practices of course. [grin]
Well, I consider it 'bad' because someone can set the assembler
settings to use only 16-bit displacements, and then the program will
malfunction in a way that is difficult to diagnose, since previously
working code would suddenly stop working.
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