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Article #602Re: Microsoft C 6.0
From: Jack Hudler
Date: Mon, 07 May 1990 21:41
Date: Mon, 07 May 1990 21:41
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In article <1838@bnlux0.bnl.gov> cpa@bnlux0.bnl.gov (Chris Armstrong) writes:
>
>Believe
>it or not some people (me!) don't like having loads of unwanted files left
>on their hard disk. Getting rid of unwanted files occasionally results in
>accidental deletions.... and I'd like to be able to get the new mouse
>driver off for when I am booted up under DOS.
C'mon, you mean you can't figure out which ones you don't want.
>
>I've found my first problem with 6.0 (apart from NULL no longer being NULL,
>and zillions of long/short mismatch warnings being produced by char/int
>conversions for the first time).
Last time I looks a char was 1 byte and a short(int in your case) was
2 bytes.
If you ever get to the UNIX world you'll find another surprize. int's
are 4 bytes. Sounds like this is the case for 2.0.
>I hvae a program originally designed for
>DOS kernel mode which is ful of printf()s, puts()s and putchar()s. I've
>converted this program to the PM and instead of replacing every printf(),
>puts() and putchar() I replaced the functions with my own.
Why don't your write your own portable library instead of trying to
re-write C's.
--
Jack Computer Support Corportion Dallas,Texas
Hudler UUCP: {texsun,texbell}!csccat!jack
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!vector!egsner!csccat!jack From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: Microsoft C 6.0 Keywords: MSC6.0 Message-ID: <3697@csccat.UUCP> Date: 7 May 90 21:41:25 GMT References: <1838@bnlux0.bnl.gov> Reply-To: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas Lines: 30