Near OR far ?

[majidkamali1370]

Hello.
What are near, far and huge keywords?
Thanks :-)

[jmc]

If you are talking about pointers here you can find some nice answers:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_near_far_and_huge_pointers_in_C

[moorecm]

Near, far, and huge? I seem to recall those from Assembly language; I've never heard those terms used regarding C or C++.

[Duthomhas]

It is a holdover from DOS programming days on Intel x86 hardware.
Modern OSes use flat memory models, so you don't need the pointer size keywords anymore -- hence they do not appear in modern C or C++ compilers.

[kbw]

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/12435/