Far Keyword

Applications Programming
1

Hello,

What is far keyword in C and for what purpose is it used???

Pls ans.

thanx in advance.

svh

2

FAR is used in 16 bit systems, like DOS 6.2. It's used to address a FAR *pointer,
one that lives in a another data segment.

You really should use a modern compiler - there are free compilers out there, TURBO C
is ancient.

3

Hey thanx buddy.

i am using the paradigm c++ compiler.
it doesnt give any error for the far keyword.

but when i try to compile the same code with gcc it gives me the error.

can u pls tell me the how to get rid of this error.

bye svh