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From: alan@drivax.UUCP (Alan Fargusson)
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Subject: Re: Pointers in MS-C, large model
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Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 18:07:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  9 18:07:29 1985
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>    char  *p, x[200000]
		 ^^^^^^
>    p++ = &x[65535];
> 
> Where am I wrong here? Did Microsoft REALLY throw us a curve?

No, iNTEL did. You can't do this even in large model. Even in large model
a single element must be less than 64K bytes. This is partly because the
index register is 16 bits. When you think *86 think 16 bits. Thats what
all the registers are. No larger.
-- 

Alan Fargusson.

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