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From: mattioli@took.dec.com (John R. Mattioli --- DTN: 226-7752)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: unix functions wanted for ibm-pc and microsoft C compiler
Message-ID: <8803091805.AA10366@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 9 Mar 88 18:05:41 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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	I am currently a user of msc v4.0.  I don't usually do much pc work any
more, now that I'm out of school, so I'm not real psyched about buying msc v5.0
if I don't have to. 

	Nevertheless, I find that I'm often converting unix code to MS-DOS and
there's something important missing. 

	The current problems are the alarm() and signal() functions.  I'll write
an alarm and a signal that can handle it if I have to, but I don't want to do
the work twice (there's lots of room for error when playing with interrupts). 

	If somebody out there knows where I can get these functions, or if
anybody has any idea where I might look I'd apreciate the info. 

	By the way, I mention msc v5.0 because I understand it's got a better
library (nothing like a little competition to improve a product).  Does v5.0
actually have alarm()? 

					John 


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