30 Aug
2006
30 Aug
'06
10:16 a.m.
On 8/30/2006 at 12:44 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Some of the CP/M tools used $ as a string terminator,
if I'm remembering
right...
Actually, it's BDOS call 9--preserved to this day in MS-DOS/Windoze. I've
no idea why a printable character was selected as a terminator. Anyone
have any idea of its origin?
Cheers,
Chuck