From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Pointer variables
Date:	Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:18:54 -0700
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Marc Singer wrote:

> While questions are (generally) answered graciously, you might
> consider borrowing or buying a book on learning C.
> 
> The keyward 'far' does not exist on 32 bit machines.  It is a
> hold-over from the 16 bit DOS/Windows days where we needed to break
> out of the 64k (2^16) box.

It seems strange that you're suggesting the original poster learn C, and then
go on to talk about near/far keywords -- these keywords are not ANSI C, and
are added as extensions on certain compilers only for some segmented
architectures.

Maybe you meant that he should consider borrowing or buying a book on learning
C _under DOS_?

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