Date:         Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:13:20 +0100
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From:         John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: How to reverse variables
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At 17:01 28/09/00 +0100, Peter Crawford wrote:

>Seems like v6.12 on winNT is using 4 bytes of the data vector for
>the 1 byte character variables !

And with 6.12 on Win95 ... which explains the diagnostic results I've just
posted.  Maybe v8 is more abstemious in its use of memory!

Kind Regards,


John

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