Re: building files with nasm (#2)

[Steven Knight]

> > Yikes!  The suffix logic to decide between WIN32 and non-WIN32 is
> > completely backwards.  The intent is that Cons is supposed to know that
> > a WIN32 system can only have three-character suffixes, but an errant "!"
> > is making it enforce the three-character limit on *non*-WIN32 systems.
> >
> 
> Why not remove any 8+3 logic from Cons altogether  ?
> Isn't that something left over from the dark ages before Windows95 ?
> NT can definitely handle longer suffixes.
> 
> And even if a platform couldn't handle long extensions,
> why should "cons" enforce it ?
> (not even Microsofts NMAKE does that ;-)

Good point--Anthony Kolarik mentioned the same thing about NT in
separate email.  I'll just remove the check.

        --SK