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From: vogelsan AT i50s20 DOT ira DOT uka DOT de (Holger Vogelsang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Question about DJGPP C syntax
Date: 16 Nov 1995 13:54:05 GMT
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>> I recently downloaded a public-domain text windowing package
>> in the form of c-winsrc.txt from garbo.uwasa.fi
>> 
>> I unzipped the files inside and try compiling them, but
>> somehow I couldn't get DJGPP to recognize the "far"
>> declarations - what's the problem?
>
>Far pointers are used in the real mode segmented memory models. DJGPP 
>uses 32-bit linear memory model, and therefore the concept of a far 
>pointer makes no sense. 
>To compile your code you have to remove all the 'far' attributes from 
>your pointer declarations.

Or much easier:

#define far

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