Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:40:04 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Jon A. Cruz" <jonc AT twinsun DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [Q] What #defines for cross-platform
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On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Jon A. Cruz wrote:

> I have been looking at these items:
> 
> * OS
> * compiler bugs (Hey, I'm using MS compilers, 'nuff said)
> * byte order
> * size of types
> * 64k pointer limit
> * text/binary mode for files

Don't forget the syntax of the filenames: '\\' as opposed to '/', and
the drive letter.  This is by far the most painful issue in programs
portable to both Unix and Microsoft OSes.  Also, the PATH environment
variable uses `:' as the separator on Unix, but `;' on MS-DOS and
MS-Windows.