Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:7499 comp.sys.ibm.pc:12249 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!dutrun!dutesta!knop From: knop@dutesta.UUCP (Peter Knoppers) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MSC Danger (was Re: Turbo C vs Quick C) Message-ID: <1082@dutesta.UUCP> Date: 22 Feb 88 15:29:34 GMT References: <389@lscvax.UUCP> <567@naucse.UUCP> <2946@dasys1.UUCP> <5441@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: knop@dutesta.UUCP (Peter Knoppers) Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dep. of Electrotechnical engineering. Lines: 10 Keywords: near far large small mixed Summary: think ahead before you introduce an operating system Why, oh why don't the .obj files in MSDOS contain some bits telling the linker whether a function in the .obj file expects to be called with a FAR or a NEAR call. This can prevent accidentally linking modules compiled for different models. -- Peter Knoppers, Delft Univ. of Technology ...!mcvax!dutrun!dutesta!knop or knop@dutesta.UUCP