Garry wrote:
>You know, I was going to stay out of this one ...
I was hoping that I wouldn't be dragged in again ;)
>When we get to the WORD, things begin to get
>a little fuzzy. On some processors, a BYTE and
>a WORD are the same.
Yes, anyone knowing a little C/C++ should know that an int can be of
diffrent size (not my teachers since they assume Linux is the only OS there
is).
>Having said all that, I still teach my students
>that:
> 1 = BIT
> 4 = NIBBLE
> 8 = BYTE
>16 = WORD
>32 = DOUBLE WORD
>64 = QUAD WORD
Isn't there something for 80 bits as well? (looking through the book where
I thought I've read them didn't give me anything but I think I'll start
reading that book (ASM programing on Intel) a little more anyway since I
never did manage to have time to read much of it the last time I tried).
>Trust The Source,
No it's "Use the Source!" or "The Source will be with you - always!" or
even "May the Source be with you!" ("The Source is strong in this one!"
seems rather stupid so I'll not state that on - oops I just did <G>)
//Bernie
http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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