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- From: tad@wrq.com (Tad Marshall)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Subject: Re: NT C compiler
- Message-ID: <1iib0cINNlot@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 22:31:40 GMT
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- References: <1993Jan7.173215.17323@torsqnt.tor.sequent.com>
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- In article <1993Jan7.173215.17323@torsqnt.tor.sequent.com> hlpell@sequent.com (Howard Pell) writes:
- >I just got NT in the mail (YEAAAA) and have a question that MS help desk
- >cannot answer completely.
- >
- >Is the C/C++ compiler on the NT CD the same as 7.00? Especially, if I run
- >the compiler from DOS/Windows will it still generate 32-bit code, or will
- >it generate 16-bit code? Is there a flag/switch to turn OFF the 32-bit
- >mode?
- >
- >MS help desk *claims/assumes* that it is a superset of 7.00 but cannot/will
- >not give me a definite answer.
-
- The cl386 compiler is said to be front-end compatible with C 7.0, but it
- only generates 32-bit code. MS has said that they intend to give the
- compiler the ability to generate 16-bit code at a later date (not
- necessarily before NT ships). The compiler does not and will not run
- under DOS/Windows, except possibly under WIN32S. I haven't tried.
-
- -- Tad
-