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From: megatest!djones@decwrl.dec.com (Dave Jones)
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Subject: Re: Pascal calling 'C'
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Date: 6 Mar 89 22:55:42 GMT
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I haven't actually done it, but a very quick experiment using the -S flag
and inspecting the assembly language seems to indicate that the following
will work:

      procedure curse_proc(i,j: integer); external;

      procedure caller;
      begin
         curse_proc(1,2);
      end;

To access the global variables defined in curses, you will have to write
access-routines in C, because, so far as I know, pc has no concept of
external variables.

WARNING!!  RELIGIOUS THEMES FOLLOW.

The next question is, do you *really* want to use curses?  Wouldn't
Sunview be infinitely superior?  For that matter, do you *really* want to
use Pascal?  Wouldn't C be infinitely superior?

[[ Ya gotta do what ya gotta do...  --wnl ]]

ALL CLEAR.

Anyway, good luck..

	Dave J.