Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:54:09 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Suggestion: Portability section for libc docs
In-Reply-To:	<199803020127.UAA03773@delorie.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980302095352.15685L-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > I think most DOS compilers are so similar in the contents of their C
> > libraries (they all emulate MSC), that it is usually enough to have
> > one category.  The intent is to tell people what is a de-facto
> > standard across DOS C compilers.
> 
> I recall a number of functions that were added "for Borland
> compatibility" (like _bios_*).  Does MS have those also?

No, it's the other way around: the legacy DJGPP functions like
`bioscom' and `biosdisk' are from Borland; the `_bios_*' and `_dos_*'
variety were intriduced for portability to MSC.  Borland also supports
this latter style in its latest versions (beginning with 3.x).  And
Watcom is just a faithful copy of MSC (as far as the interface of the
library functions goes).

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