Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 08:33:47 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:59:51 +0200
> From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
> 
> getw *does* read only 16 bits from the file

Sorry, I was wrong about that: DJGPP's getw indeed reads a 32-bit int,
not a short.

The reason is that this function is compatible with other C libraries
(e.g., GNU glibc), not with Borland's 16-bit compilers.