24 Jan
2000
24 Jan
'00
3:59 p.m.
"Stawnyczy, Evan" wrote:
From what i've seen C functions require a bios to run. Which compiler are you using?
No, a C compiler generates straight CPU assembly code.
BIOS only gets involved when through the runtime library. Under MS-DOS for example, malloc() and read() both require BIOS assistance. Under Linux they do not.
Regards,
Jeff
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