Re: Doubts about pointers

santosh <santosh.k83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> CBFalconer wrote:
>> santosh wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>> Nevertheless it isn't wise for a beginner to start out on learning
>>> C by involving himself with nearly extinct systems and their
>>> peculiarities that he is unlikely to meet 95% of the time. It's
>>> better to learn standard C and if in the remote chance that he
>>> does get to work on old DOS systems, he can always pick up
>>> segments and near and far pointers then.
>> 
>> To use TC2.01 sanely today, simply mount it and set the model to
>> compact.  This allows 64k of code, 64k of stack, and up to 1 meg of
>> heap data for malloc.  You can then forget about near and far etc.
>> After all, its only real purpose is to check ****tability to 16 bit
>> systems.  You don't need to mount the other libraries etc.
>
> Thanks, but I have access to better systems, and so do most.

Do those better systems allow you to test your code for ****tability to
16-bit systems?

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