what is far pointer and what are the use of far poiter in
com/dcom ?????

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what is far pointer and what are the use of far poiter in com/dcom ?????..

Answer / deepak

Slap the person who asked this question .Far pointer was
used in old days(16 bit OS ) not now . might have asked
u for smart pointer.

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what is far pointer and what are the use of far poiter in com/dcom ?????..

Answer / vinay

A far pointer specifies segment address as well as address within that segment. Far pointer usually are used by applications which want to access memory locations in other segments.

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