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From: [e-mail] (Mike McCarty)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Arrays > 64K?
Date: 15 Feb 1996 00:54:42 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corporation, Plano, Texas USA
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In article <[e-mail]>,
Derek Harmon <[e-mail]> wrote:
)** Quoting a message by <[e-mail]> dated <4-Feb-1996>:
)
)>   I am using Turbo C++ 3.0 in DOS.  I would just like to know
)> how to declare an array that is larger than 64K.  I have tried
)> all of the memory models available
)
)   If DOS won't let you, you need to break them down into manageable
)chunks.  While the following abandons the type declaration orthodoxy,
)I have found it to work reasonably well.  You will need to compile
)under at least the Large memory model to benefit from this approach:

It has nothing to do with DOS. It has to do with the compiler. You need
to investigate the "huge" keyword. I'm not talking about the "huge"
model, I mean the keyword.

Mike
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char *p="char *p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}

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