mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/04/89)
>The real crime, in my opinion, was the introduction of several >"memory models" for C programming on the 80*86 architecture and the >subsequent attempt to link together things compiled under different >models. I'm familiar with the rationale behind that, but I don't >agree with it. I must disagree here. In the first place, it is perfectly possible to turn off all of Microsoft's extensions with a command line switch. If you do that, and want to use their supplied include files, you may be in for a bit of editing, though they have gotten rid of most the problems through #defines (except namespace pollution caused by the #defines). I have used their compiler with that switch and other people's (i.e. Unix) include files, and it works fine. On the other hand, I think that their additions are basically a good idea. Those who dont want them, can turn them off. Those that wish to do sneaky things to get a better program, can. It is the programmer's choice. IF a programmer wants to do so, the huge model essentially works right, except for a very few things which are simply bugs.