From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:29 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1465 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Monday 26 March 2007 Number 1465 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: dir listing sort code : Mike O'Connor 2 Re: dir listing sort code : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:13:52 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: dir listing sort code Ian Manners wrote: > Hi Mike > >> Write it in Assembler to make it *really* fast - unlike C! >> Of course it takes a lot longer to write! :-( >> > It's been about 15 years since I've done assembler, gee's > that long, how time flies...... > I decided it's about time I got back into MASM 6.11, the box is sitting on the floor now [was in the cupboard] ready for use as soon as I clear up a few more hardware problems! > ASM also means its not portable, hmm, not that anyones asked > me to compile it for anything else anyway ! That and the fact > I didnt write the original code, though at present I think it's > safe to say I've rewritten about 50% of the code :-), or is that :-( > In the old days when there were a lot of very different hardware platforms, there were the Avocet cross-assemblers which overcame that objection, but nowadays, with even Apple now progressing to iNTEL CPUs, there's a lot less weight to the argument - if starting from scratch! > Cheers > Ian Manners > Tech Fossil (Often called a Dinosaur) - ancient animal that gets things done > http://www.os2site dot com/ > > > The best way to accelerate Windows is at escape velocity. > Couldn't agree more with the tag-line! Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:36:24 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: dir listing sort code On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:18:00 +1000 (EST), Ian Manners wrote: > >Currently the filepage code doesnt do any sorting for output >but I want to add that capability, which John and a few others >have mentioned would be nice, um, 6 years ago now John ? But who's counting? :-) Sorry I can't be much direct help, but I wonder: how do Hobbes manage it? Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------