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   Peter Flass to glen herrmannsfeldt   
   Re: 16:32 far pointers in OpenWatcom C/C   
   02 Nov 25 13:08:25   
   
   XPost: alt.sys.pdp10, alt.folklore.computers, openwatcom.users.c_cpp   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 3/23/10 13:56, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:   
   > In alt.sys.pdp10 Richard Bos  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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