From: Robert Hoehne <Robert DOT Hoehne AT Mathematik DOT TU-Chemnitz DOT DE>
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Subject: Re: _osmajor/_osminor not set
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:59:08 +0200
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giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no wrote:
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> 
> I've notied that _osmajor/_osminor are not set in CRT before
> calling main(). Is this intentional or simply an oversight?

I don't know exactly why, but can you tell us a good
reason (but not only from comparing with Borland) why
it should be done?

In my opinion that's not needed, because anyone who
want to use these variable should call __get_dos_version()
before to use these variables.

Robert
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