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- Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 04:09:38 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
- Subject: Re: Colour.
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- In-Reply-To: <199405310649.IAA01182@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl>
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- On Tue, 31 May 1994, Erlend Nagel wrote:
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- > Timothy Miller wrote:
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- > > A cookie would be ok, except that you'd then have to make library
- > > routines for each of the commonly used compilers for accessing the
- > > routines, etc. You'd have to be sure to make this really simple of
- > > people won't use it.
- >
- > The thing is that one need only have an include file. Let the
- > application get the cookie and the pointer in the cookie should point to
- > a structure of functions. This way there is no need for any library
- > routines, since all these calls are effectively added to the OS
- > except that in this case you can remove this part of the OS when running
- > in single tasking mode.
- > BTW again this is about implementation, while we might first want to go
- > into the issue of functionality.
- >
- > Erlend.
- >
- You have to have code somewhere to get the cookie and assign a pointer.
- Where are you going to put that?
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