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From: mwizard@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Craig R. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: C PASCAL INTERFACE
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Date: 7 Apr 91 10:40:58 GMT
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amead@s.psych.uiuc.edu (alan mead) writes:

>seth@wet.UUCP (Seth Olitzky) writes:

>>In article <2941@cod.NOSC.MIL> vtran@cod.NOSC.MIL (Viet D. Tran) writes:
>>>
>>>I have programs that were written in two different languages, Pascal
>>>and C.  Now, I am having trouble combining them together, or linking
>>>...

>>A lot depends on what compilers and target machine you are using.  Borland
>>pascal TPU are not compatible with Borland C objects.  You will need to 
>>...

>Actually, I think any .OBJ file can be linked to Turbo Pascal (probably
>most other popular compilers as well).  The problem is whether or not
>pascal can use the code.

>The answer is usually yes--Ohlsen and Stoker have a longish chapter on
>linking C with Turbo Pascal in _Advanced Techniques in Turbo Pascal_
>(<- that's only an approximate title :(

	Mention on other thing.  Lets not have everyone out there 
trying to write C functions a linking them into Pascal just so they can
call their techincal reps and raise hell when it doesn't link or doesn't
run properly.  Remember to enforce Pascal calling conventions on the C code
when it is being compiled.  This is the primary reason that standard 
runtime library routines will not link in correctly.  Also, lets remember
to drop the damn underscore.


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