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
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Precedence: bulk


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).