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santosh wrote:
> CBFalconer wrote:
>> santosh wrote:
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>>> Nevertheless it isn't wise for a beginner to start out on learning
>>> C by involving himself with nearly extinct systems and their
>>> peculiarities that he is unlikely to meet 95% of the time. It's
>>> better to learn standard C and if in the remote chance that he
>>> does get to work on old DOS systems, he can always pick up
>>> segments and near and far pointers then.
>>
>> To use TC2.01 sanely today, simply mount it and set the model to
>> compact. This allows 64k of code, 64k of stack, and up to 1 meg of
>> heap data for malloc. You can then forget about near and far etc.
>> After all, its only real purpose is to check portability to 16 bit
>> systems. You don't need to mount the other libraries etc.
>
> Thanks, but I have access to better systems, and so do most.
I have no idea where you get 'better' 16 bit systems, but TC does
the job for me, and is totally free. I don't need 'better'.
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