Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 1996 01:18:44 +0400 (MSD)
From:	"Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Message-Id:	<199610172118.BAA06122@video.yars.free.net>
To:	T DOT W DOT Seddon AT ncl DOT ac DOT uk, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: need advice on djgpp vs. Turbo C

> huge pointer facility means you can ignore the 64K segment limit (640K of 
> (effectively) flat-mode memory -- pretty handy).

Are you serious? I don't think huge pointers can make life much easier
in BC, since NO LIBRARY FUNCTIONS can take such pointers, array indecis
are still int, and you have always use that word 'huge'.

I once tried to port a my unix program to dos using BC and huge
pointers - it was a nightmare. When I used djgpp, I ported that
program in two days without much trouble.

So, my advice. If you don't want to bump into stupid limitations,
use djgpp.

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