On 17 Jul 2006 22:01:55 -0700, in comp.lang.c , "kkrish"
<cl****************@gmail.comwrote:
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The above is platform-specific (PC running DOS or 16-bit Windows)
and
>outdated -- forget it, and implement ReadFile yourself.
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Yes , it is platform specific.Seems you know something about this,
can you provide some more info ,please
both "far" and "pascal" are nonstandard extensions to C which date
back to the eighties when 16-bit computing was new. A websearch for
"pascal calling convention" will probably reveal all. Further
discussion is offtopic here.
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