From: "Bart" <me AT nospam DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer
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Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS?
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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 01:04:05 GMT
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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>>Also, this is off-topic in comp.lang.c and alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++. The
>>other newsgroups to which the message was posted are OK.
>>
>Why? (serious question not trying to offend)

Because these NGs discuss only standard ANSI C and C++. DOS is a specific OS
which is not defined in standard C and C++ (because C and C++ are used on
other systems too).

Bart.

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