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coding philosophies (Developers)

posted by tom , Germany (West), 26.09.2022, 14:13

> DOS:
> Choosing a Memory Model by Bill Mayne (C News Vol. 1, Issue 11, 15
> Sep 1988)

while this is mostly correct from a 1988 perspective, compiler technology has seriously advanced since 1988, even for 16 bit compilers.

while it is easier (for dummies) to simply use simply compact and large memory models, selecting small or medium model and access the (hopefully) few large data structures using the __far keyword and the rest just __near produces usually much better (smaller and faster) code.

so the information above is mostly outdated.

Complete thread:

• coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 29.09.2021, 23:49 (Developers)
  • coding philosophies - rr, 30.09.2021, 22:43
    • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 03.10.2021, 08:41
      • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 03.11.2021, 01:45
        • coding philosophies - Oso2k, 03.11.2021, 04:08
          • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 03.11.2021, 20:54
            • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 14.11.2021, 18:45
  • coding philosophies - tkchia, 15.11.2021, 22:26
    • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 16.11.2021, 22:38
      • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 25.11.2021, 21:06
        • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 12.12.2021, 04:23
  • coding philosophies - DosWorld, 20.12.2021, 01:56
    • coding philosophies - tkchia, 20.12.2021, 11:10
    • coding philosophies - tkchia, 20.12.2021, 11:17
  • coding philosophies - rr, 07.03.2022, 22:39
  • coding philosophies - rr, 28.05.2022, 18:41
  • coding philosophies - rr, 14.06.2022, 20:36
  • coding philosophies - rr, 20.08.2022, 20:27
    • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 24.09.2022, 02:17
      • coding philosophies - tom, 26.09.2022, 14:13
      • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 03.10.2022, 05:29
  • coding philosophies - rr, 25.10.2022, 21:07
  • coding philosophies - rr, 01.11.2022, 23:47
  • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 07.02.2023, 07:30
    • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 24.08.2023, 08:44
    • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 20.11.2023, 08:39
  • coding philosophies - ecm, 20.11.2023, 09:44
  • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 12.07.2024, 02:36
    • coding philosophies - Rugxulo, 19.09.2024, 14:49
      • coding philosophies - bencollver, 19.09.2024, 16:27
  • coding philosophies - rmcconne, 13.07.2024, 04:55