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Richard Heathfield wrote:
> santosh said:
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> <snip>
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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.
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> 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.
BTW, DJGPP uses gcc. It doesn't prepare 16 bit C code. I believe
it has something available to handle some of its own system
specific code, but not a general 16 bit C compiler.
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