Hi, On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Tom Ehlert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Tom Ehlert <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> whoever is responsible currently for XCOPY (Blair?):
According to the Software List, it's not Blair Campbell but Rene Ableidinger. http://freedos.sourceforge.net/software/?prog=xcopy >> Which version of XCOPY? and which file? I don't see this line so I'm >> trying to figure out what I am overlooking. > > good question. 'my' version is somehow based on rene's xcopy 1.0 from 2001; > origin > unknown > > the versions on ibiblio dropped (or never had) this functionality So your patch isn't needed (or not yet adjusted) for latest 1.4a ?? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/xcopy/rxcopy/rxcopy14a.zip > btw: having executable code in 'shared.inc' is extremely bad coding > praxis; only allowed for pascal which had no concept of modules Off-topic: Turbo Pascal 4.0 had units in 1987. Extended Pascal had modules around that time too (1988). Of course Modula-2 had them too since forever (1979-80), thus so did Oberon (1986-8). I guess Ada did as well (1983). I'm sure you know that C/C++ don't really have proper modules, but there has been some very serious talk of adding them to C++17. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
