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On 27 Mar, 20:30, CBFalconer <cbfalco...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nick Keighleywrote:
> > Simon <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > <snip>
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> >> Actually I'm mostly learning C from the book by H. Schildt, which is
> >> excellent but it doesn't mention near and far pointers at all. I find
> >> them quite confusing, so I think any book should explain them clearly.
>
> >> As for being obsolete, the good thing is that Borland have released
> >> Turbo-C for free now, so there's no need to worry about Micro$oft
> >> license fees. Also C doesn't change much!
>
> > there are many free compilers for modern systems (no near and far).
> > If you are confined to Windows then there is a gcc based one (ming-w
> > (sp?)) lcc (no charge for non-commercial use) and even Microsoft
> > express versions.
>
> Those are NOT 16 bit systems. They cannot be used to check code
> executes correctly on a minimal system.
I can't find anywhere the OP had this as a requirement.
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Nick Keighley
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