Subj : Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing
To   : Ahem A Rivet's Shot
From : Single Stage to Orbit
Date : Thu Aug 22 2024 12:09:13

On Thu, 2024-08-22 at 11:57 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> > FAR and NEAR specifiers used with JMP
> 
> 	The obscenity was these qualifiers making their way into C
> source
> code - try writing (or even reading) the declaration for a near
> pointer to a function returning a far pointer to an array of
> functions returning near pointers to integers.
> 
> 	Then realise that you *alos* wanted this source code to be
> portable.

Which was why one used macros to conditionally compile code on MSDOG
and other platforms. And there were macros for far pointers, MK_FP()
for example. I think I have the remains of a hex disk editor somewhere
in my archives written in C with some assembler using Zortech C. 

Fun times(!)
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Tactical Nuclear Kittens

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