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From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Another question on the 80286- er, 68000 memory models
Message-ID: <2650@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 20 May 88 13:50:37 GMT
References: <2615@louie.udel.EDU> <7146@swan.ulowell.edu>
Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <7146@swan.ulowell.edu> page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
>>what model do the libraries/devices use?
>32-bit ints.  Call that far/large I guess.
Hmm, so what does that mean? That small-model programs that call 
the libraries may occasionally guru in strange ways? (e.g. with 
pointers and (hypothetical) functional parameters)
I am more confused, now.
>I think it was Manx's idea; they had all those different libraries
>a long time ago.
ah, that means lattice did it right first, then screwed up :-(
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ron (rminnich@udel.edu)