-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Nancy Backus on 03-04-07  15:38 <=-

I held off on answering this so that I could ask him, but still haven't
connected to show him this message... so, I'll just have to give my best
guess...   

 ML>> it is possible that the BWdoor for other bbs software can be patched
 ML>> in the same way... i, personally, haven't looked (yet)... included in
 ML>> the archive is some batch files with comments for the morbidly
 ML>> curious... those comments probably won't make much sense unless one can
 ML>> read ASM code ;)  but, in my few quick looks at those batch files, it
 ML>> seems that since this is a C library patch, they should work for other
 ML>> doors or possibly even other software as long as it was written with
 ML>> the same libraries and compilers... 
 NB>> As I understand it, the batch files were included in the archive
 NB>> just for that reason, so that others could patch any other BW
 NB>> doors.  And I wouldn't be surprised either if they might also work
 NB>> with other software using the same libraries and compilers... :)

 ML> i kinda figured that, as well... can you get your guru to tell what
 ML> "change" program he used in this project? i've not found
one that seems
 ML> to fit... 

My guess is, he may well have written it himself, as he is* a
programmer.  I understood that he had written the batch files in any
case.  :)   The "comments for the morbidly curious" are most likely
understandable to anyone who knows enough to want to do anything with
them in the first place...  :)  Even I usually can comprehend his
comments, should I happen to be looking at one of his programs... and I
don't even know all that much about programming (only language I ever
learned was Fortran, way back in college, and only one course at that...
and never used it since!).

ttyl     neb

... Programming is like sex:  one mistake and you support it for 18 years!

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