> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 11:45:49AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > ............... Microsoft > > does tend to use gotos for error exits.
Nothing wrong with this. It is called "throwing an exception". C++ and java have keywords "try", "catch", "throw" to make it official. > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 11:45:49AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > You can probably read the Windows code by looking at the Windows > > CE.NET source which is freely available. It's a fork. You can get > > a flavor of it. If you try real hard, you can probably via a > > University take a look at the source -- Microsoft is handing out > > read-access grudgingly. Work within the system and you can > > accomplish that goal. > On Friday 30 January 2004 04:11 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > But be very careful about doing that; you may well end up "tainted" > if you sign source licence agreements, and writing free software > thereafter could be difficult. This is the original basis for the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit. Writing any software that is in any way similar thereafter could be different. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]