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- From: dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
- Subject: Re: Large arrays in BP 7.0
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- References: <17NOV199216530331@cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:47:14 GMT
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- In article <17NOV199216530331@cc.utah.edu> msfuller@cc.utah.edu (MARC S. FULLER) writes:
- >Does anyone know if BP 7.0 with the dos extender will allow larger arrays than
- >the 64kB limit, or is the extender similar to TPW 1.5 where this can only be
- >accomplished through pointers?
-
- No, no help there. There's now support for allocating more than 64K (as
- in TPW), but no way to handle it once you've got it - the extender still
- uses 16 bit segments. This is the biggest disappointment of the package, in
- my opinion. The 386 has been available for something like 6 years;
- you'd think Borland would support it by now.
-
- (In fact, they do support it a bit: the RTL uses 32 bit instructions for
- handling longints if it detects a 386.)
-
- Duncan Murdoch
-