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- From: hp48sx@wupost.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: THINK C 5.0 Code overflow
- Date: 28 Jul 1992 06:26:22 -0500
- Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO USA
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- Message-ID: <hp48sx.712322696@wuarchive.wustl.edu>
- References: <1992Jul27.160800.18222@cs.few.eur.nl> <1992Jul27.172249.17584@news.iastate.edu>
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- Keywords: error,C programming, THINK C 5.0, Mac
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- niko@iastate.edu (Nikolaus E Schuessler) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul27.160800.18222@cs.few.eur.nl> christ@cs.few.eur.nl (Christ Leijtens) writes:
-
- >> Question: Is there *any* way to get around this bound for
- >> the code and data, so we can continue porting the program to the
- >> Macintosh? We would like any information on porting programs from
- >> other implementation of the C-language to Macintosh THINK C 5.0.
- >>
-
- >Yes, there is... You have to declare all arrays as pointers to arrays
- >and malloc them in a routine at the start of your program... A * real *
- >pain ...
-
- OR
-
- You can go get MPW C which handles large code and data spaces without
- the same limitations as THINK C. You get a slower compiler though, but
- lots of other good stuff.
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