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Article #6859Re: FAR *
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:00
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:00
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"Boguslaw Fries" <boguslaw.fries@polivision.it> wrote in message news:425512b9$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > Which is the main difference between > char FAR * c1; > and > char * c2; FAR is a left-over from programming 16-bit programming, back when pointers could be NEAR or FAR depending on what they were pointing to. FAR and NEAR have no meaning in 32-bit programming, and as such they are not defined as anything at all. Gambit
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