OS/2 compiler needed

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From: Tim Francis
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 15:28

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In article <4222@prune.bbn.com>,
cherniac@bbn.com (Natasha Cherniack) writes:
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>A friend of mine is looking for a compiler that will support malloc'ing large
>amounts of data (~4 meg).  Currently he is using Microsoft and that only allows
>malloc'ing up to one segment.  Are there any OS/2 compilers around that can do
>this?  Words of wisdom and encouragement needed!! :)
>
>Please email to cherniac@bbn.com
>Thanks
>Natasha

OS/2 2.0 has a 32 bit flat memory model -- no more segments!  Any compiler
that generates 32 bit code for OS/2 (such as IBM C Set/2) should be able
to malloc as much as you want in one step.   -tim

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From: francis@vnet.ibm.com (Tim Francis)
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Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 10:28:38 EST
Subject: OS/2 compiler needed
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