Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/03/02/02:54:24
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I think most DOS compilers are so similar in the contents of their C
> > libraries (they all emulate MSC), that it is usually enough to have
> > one category. The intent is to tell people what is a de-facto
> > standard across DOS C compilers.
>
> I recall a number of functions that were added "for Borland
> compatibility" (like _bios_*). Does MS have those also?
No, it's the other way around: the legacy DJGPP functions like
`bioscom' and `biosdisk' are from Borland; the `_bios_*' and `_dos_*'
variety were intriduced for portability to MSC. Borland also supports
this latter style in its latest versions (beginning with 3.x). And
Watcom is just a faithful copy of MSC (as far as the interface of the
library functions goes).
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