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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

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