[comp.lang.c] Zortech and extern inits

rgr@m10ux.UUCP (Duke Robillard) (12/27/88)

In article <8000029@m.cs.uiuc.edu> rchen@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>Zortech doesn't allow dynamic array initialization.

Is this why my program that has the line:

char far *file_name= "FILE.VMF";

before main() won't compile with my Zortech C++ compiler.
Am I justified in being p*ssed off?  Or am I Missing Something?
(I've never been really comfortable with the near/far thing)





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