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santosh said:
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> 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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