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Re: But DO C hackers code concisely?

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From: Paul Schlyter
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 01:01
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In article <4gj1q6$m3p@solutions.solon.com>,
Jim Trigg <jyacc!marks!jtrigg@uunet.uu.net> wrote:
 
>> Item 1: I used a 32-bit version of the compiler, so there is no 
>> such thing as near pointer.
>
> Item 1 is the critical part.  In MSVC 1.5x and earlier
 
Except that he phrased it wrong: in the 32-bit versions of MSVC, there
are ONLY near pointers - which of course are 32 bits bit.  What's missing
are far pointers, which would be 48 bits big....
 
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