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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: %p and different pointer representa
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Date: 3 Mar 89 18:16:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Mar  3 12:16:00 1989



>The real crime, in my opinion, was the introduction of several
>"memory models" for C programming on the 80*86 architecture and the
>subsequent attempt to link together things compiled under different
>models.  I'm familiar with the rationale behind that, but I don't
>agree with it.

I must disagree here. In the first place, it is perfectly possible
to turn off all of Microsoft's extensions with a command line
switch. If you do that, and want to use their supplied include
files, you may be in for a bit of editing, though they
have gotten rid of most the problems through #defines (except
namespace pollution caused by the #defines). I have used their compiler
with that switch and other people's (i.e. Unix) include files,
and it works fine.

On the other hand, I think that their additions are basically
a good idea. Those who dont want them, can turn them off. Those
that wish to do sneaky things to get a better program, can.
It is the programmer's choice.

IF a programmer wants to do so, the huge model essentially
works right, except for a very few things which are simply bugs.