Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:32:46 -0400
Message-Id: <199610151132.HAA21095@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <1080C993B2F@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk> (A.APPLEYARD@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk)
Subject: Re: Pointers


>   I suspect that, in C / C++ / etc compilers that have near and far pointers,
> near pointers are 16 bits and far pointers are 32 bits.

32-bit compilers with near & far use 32-bits for near pointers, and
48-bits for far pointers.