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Re: NEED HELP: linking an exe with windows lib files


dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de writes:

> : # T=3D .text section R=3D readonly .data section (exported variables)
> : # $AA C@_0 @@ exported structure/internal function definitions (nm's =
> : bust I think ;^)
> : =20
> [snip]
> : ------=_NextPart_000_01BC4EC1.EE8CF0C0
> : Content-Type: text/html;
> : 	charset="us-ascii"
> : Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> [HTML rubbish deleted]
> 
> This is almost the same topic as my previous message, maybe because both
> senders use MS mailers...
> 
> Please do not use quoted/printable encoding if not needed.
> Last time I checked RFCs, MIME was still draft/elective, and that messes
> up e.g. source listings, especially if there's no non-USASCII character
> at all! (My mailer and printer can handle latin-1/8bit just fine)
> Why use quoted-printable and USASCII? Just make your lines <=80 (or 72) chars!

When rape unavoidable, lie back, enjoy
	-- "Confucius"

I agree wholeheartedly with you on the HTML issue. However MIME seems
to be here to stay and the trouble is that once you get a mail program
that understands Q-P *and* does what you want in general, it is often
impossible to keep it from sending Q-P out.

Note that even when programs try not to Q-P unnecessarily, things like
space at EOL, or TAB characters, or "From" in pos.1 will make for
"unsafe transfers" and prompt Q-P to be used. 

I've been just as peeved about this as you are, and sooner or later,
some FORTRAN programmer *will* initialize a variable to 30 instead of
1 (X=3D1), but really, the path of least resistance seems to be to
just "go with the flow" and get yourself a mailer that handles MIME.

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