Where's Dave??

[zedd151]

dedndave , one of the forums more prolific posters is missing.  :shock:

Hope he's ok. Anybody heard from him?

[hutch--]

He posts from time to time, depends on what else he is doing.

[daydreamer]

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

[anunitu]

ITS ok,he escaped the lamp I trapped him in. seret:rub the lamp 5 times while reciting COMPILE!!

[LordAdef]

Isn't Dave to one with the son at Gern Institute? If so, He said he would be away for a while

[caballero]

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 otherwise JJ will beat you posts score

[zedd151]

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.   

[zedd151]

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!

[learn64bit]

I miss him(or her) too.

[Gunther]

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.

[jj2007]

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
    .endwit 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     MLoop0it might not be pretty, but it is efficient

well - to appease the others - and get what i want, i found a comprimise   

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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
    .endwthe 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

[HSE]

no longer interested in the forum

  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.

[zedd151]

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.


zedd

[daydreamer]

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