From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Does register variable still work?
Date:	Sun, 14 Jun 1998 00:04:16 -0700
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VAMPYR wrote:

> Does DJGPP still able to use register variable?
> Because it can speed up program running(usually loop).

Of course it does.  The `register' keyword is ANSI C.

> I knew is, it was cancelled far and near.

It didn't "cancel" any such thing.  Near and far pointers are a DOS-ism,
and are meaningless for a 32-bit clean compiler like DJGPP.  `far' and
`near' are not a standard part of the C language.

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