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Where's Dave??
« on: April 11, 2018, 04:34:15 PM »
dedndave , one of the forums more prolific posters is missing.  :shock:

Hope he's ok. Anybody heard from him?
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2018, 04:45:46 PM »
He posts from time to time, depends on what else he is doing.
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2018, 09:44:13 PM »
dedndave , one of the forums more prolific posters is missing.  :shock:

Hope he's ok. Anybody heard from him?
he's probably busy with Sara
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2018, 12:35:18 AM »
ITS ok,he escaped the lamp I trapped him in. seret:rub the lamp 5 times while reciting COMPILE!!

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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2018, 03:56:14 PM »
Isn't Dave to one with the son at Gern Institute? If so, He said he would be away for a while

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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2018, 06:10:46 PM »
Dave made recently a post here (2 days ago)
http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=7060.msg75768#msg75768

So I think he's fine

Dave, come back, we miss you :bgrin: otherwise JJ will beat you posts score :greensml:
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2018, 06:19:03 PM »
That sneaky son of gun.
I never would have thought him to be the type to be sneaking around the forum.   :P

He must owe somebody some money around here.   :bgrin:
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2022, 03:48:25 PM »
I just came across one of his old posts and clicked his profile, then remembered this thread.
Last Active:    December 23, 2022, 10:02:02 AM

Belated Merry Christmas Dave. We miss you!
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2022, 04:26:55 PM »
I miss him(or her) too.

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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2022, 12:44:38 AM »
I just came across one of his old posts and clicked his profile, then remembered this thread.
Last Active:    December 23, 2022, 10:02:02 AM

Belated Merry Christmas Dave. We miss you!


That's very true. He has been posting diligently and is a very pleasant guy to be around. I suspect that he was repulsed by the behavior of certain people and is therefore
no longer interested in the forum. That's already a bitter loss.
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2022, 01:10:02 AM »
So Dave, you've become a lurker... that's a pity, I always loved your contributions and your sense of humour. And I owe you lots of good code, here is a prominent example that I've used over and over:

i prefer to write code "old style"
i am not too fond of .if/.else or .while/.endw stuff
but - the members don't like it when i write code that way - lol

so - to make code that i like - and that makes them happy,
i have had to learn how the statements work - in reverse
in other words, i write some code, disassemble it, and learn what code is generated
then - i write code they like - that more or less does what i wanted, to begin with

here is a good example
many members will write a message loop like this
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    .while TRUE
        INVOKE  GetMessage,ebp,edi,edi,edi
    .break .if !eax
        INVOKE  TranslateMessage,ebp
        INVOKE  DispatchMessage,ebp
    .endw
it looks nice - but it generates some fugly code

here is how i prefer to write it
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        jmp short MLoop1

MLoop0: INVOKE  Translate Message,ebp
        INVOKE  DispatchMessage,ebp

MLoop1: INVOKE  GetMessage,ebp,edi,edi,edi
        inc     eax
        shr     eax,1
        jnz     MLoop0
it might not be pretty, but it is efficient

well - to appease the others - and get what i want, i found a comprimise   :biggrin:
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    jmp short mEntry

    .while !(ZERO?)
        INVOKE  TranslateMessage,ebp
        INVOKE  DispatchMessage,ebp

mEntry: INVOKE  GetMessage,ebp,edi,edi,edi
        inc     eax                                     ;exit only if 0 or -1
        shr     eax,1
    .endw
the code is amost what i want
it generates an extra JMP that is not executed - but, oh well

        inc     eax                                     ;exit only if 0 or -1
        shr     eax,1

A stroke of genius :thumbsup:

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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2022, 01:11:14 AM »
no longer interested in the forum

 :biggrin: He become a builder. After remodelling his house, he have to work in his brothers' houses. Also playing with Arduino and microcontrollers. Very busy, I think.
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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2022, 01:57:30 AM »
dedndave if you ever get the chance to read this I just want to thank you for the immeasurable help+examples that you have provided; not only for myself, but for the many assembly coders, still learning, throughout the years. You were a real great guy besides. Miss your sometimes quirky humor as well.


Whatever the reasons for your absence, I wish you well.


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Re: Where's Dave??
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2022, 03:48:09 AM »
I just came across one of his old posts and clicked his profile, then remembered this thread.
Last Active:    December 23, 2022, 10:02:02 AM

Belated Merry Christmas Dave. We miss you!

ditto ...and happy new year :thumbsup:
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