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Re: Doubts about pointers

Subject: Re: Doubts about pointers
From: Richard Heathfield
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:01:45 +0000
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c

santosh said:

<snip>
 
> He is saying that since the standard guarantees only 16 bits for int,
> one should use Turbo C to compile their code, to ensure portability to
> 16 bit systems.

Turbo C is not the only compiler that supports 16-bit code. So do all 
versions of Microsoft C prior to VC2.0. So does Borland C (certainly up to 
5.02, anyway). So does DJGPP (which is also available without charge, by 
the way). There's nothing sacrosanct about Turbo C.

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