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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 10:23:19 -0500
From: Aditya Kapur <aditya AT wipsys DOT soft DOT net>
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To: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>, Peter_Larsen AT vip DOT cybercity DOT dk, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Compiling Turbo C 2.0 / MS C 5.1 source with DJGPP?
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i have just ported an application from Borland C++ to djgpp.
there are several changes.

movmem -> memmove
strncmpi -> strnicmp
farmalloc -> malloc
farfree -> free
use #include <unistd.h> for SEEK_SET etc.

i have made all these functions in a file and included that in the
project.
aditya

Endlisnis wrote:
> 
> Nils Emil P. Larsen wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to compile Turbo C 2.0 / MS C 5.1 source with DJGPP?
> > I can send the source to anyone interested to help me.
> > Please answer to my e-mail address too, I am not on the list anymore...
> > Nils Emil P. Larsen
> 
>     If the program is completely ANSI complient, it should work.  I've
> converted alot of code from Borland C++ v3.1 to DJGPP.  There are only a
> few things that usually need changing.  Most C/C++ programs written in a
> 16-bit environment assume that 'int' or 'unsigned' or 'signed' will be
> 16-bit.  So if you change all of the 'int's to 'short' and the other
> varients it should work with the execption of anything that uses assembler,
> interrupts, interrupt remapping, or EMS/XMS.  The assembler code can be
> converted, so can the interrupt stuff, and EMS/XMS stuff is handled
> automatically (sortof).

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