Could we get a LP64 version identifier?

Peter C. Chapin pcc482719 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 29 09:43:07 PST 2009


Walter Bright wrote:

> The 16 bit compilers (like Digital Mars C++ for DOS) do have such
> support. Just not the 32 bit ones (which the 6 byte pointers would be).
> It could be added to DMC for 32 bits, but there is no point to it
> because there's no demand for it.

FWIW, Open Watcom supports far (48 bit) pointers in 32 bit code.
However, since the feature sees almost no use it is probably buggy.

> DMC++ still supports 16 bit targets, but frankly, about 1 person a year
> gets it for that purpose. 16 bits is dead, dead, dead.

There is a community of 16 bit DOS users out there. Some of those folks
are using 16 bit x86 devices in small embedded systems. It's a small
community to be sure, but not zero sized.

Peter



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