How Not To Release Historic Source Code (www.os2museum.com)
from tedu@inks.tedunangst.com to inks@inks.tedunangst.com on 28 Apr 2024 02:30
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For practical purposes, old source files are not text files. They are binary files, and must be preserved without modification. It is not OK to take an old source file and convert it to UTF-8. For one thing, UTF-8 didn’t even exist in the times of MASM 5.10 and Microsoft C 5.1, of course old tools can’t deal with it!

#development #format #retro #text #windows

#development #format #inks #retro #text #windows