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Re: 16:32 far pointers in OpenWatcom C/C++

From Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com>
Newsgroups alt.sys.pdp10, alt.folklore.computers, openwatcom.users.c_cpp, comp.lang.c
Subject Re: 16:32 far pointers in OpenWatcom C/C++
Date 2025-11-02 13:08 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10e8dnp$2bc04$4@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (5 earlier) <hkba74$355$1@naig.caltech.edu> <IU.D20100322.T095617.P22846.Q0@J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost> <80otshFelcU2@mid.individual.net> <4ba90730.29070015@news.xs4all.nl> <hob9tl$dq7$1@naig.caltech.edu>

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On 3/23/10 13:56, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> In alt.sys.pdp10 Richard Bos <raltbos@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> (snip)
>   
>> That crossposting was, for once, not asinine. It served as a nice
>> example why, even now, Leenux weenies are not correct when they insist
>> that C has a flat memory model and all pointers are just numbers.
> 

This is true often enough to be dangerous when it turns out not to be.

> Well, you could also read the C standard to learn that.
> 
> There are additional complications for C on the PDP-10.
> 
> -- glen

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Re: 16:32 far pointers in OpenWatcom C/C++ Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-11-02 13:08 -0700

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