Memory Models

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <888 at fiasco.sco.COM> md at sco.COM (Michael Davidson) writes:
>>In article <562 at dcscg1.UUCP> drezac at dcscg1.UUCP (Duane L. Rezac) writes:
>>>I am just getting into C and have a question on Memory Models.
>Sorry, but it is an evil necessity brought about by the segmented
>architecture of the INTEL 8086 and 80286 ...

People who aren't "wedded" to the *86 architecture generally don't
seem to think it was necessary to cause memory models to be visible
in higher-level programming languages.  The Apple IIGS architecture
(65816) has a similar trade-off, and the available C compilers for
it do not have "near" and "far" foolishness.  And yes, it is
possible for am Apple IIGS C programmer to select which model is to
be used for his application, at least with Orca/C.