Microsoft XENIX Languages Offer Source Compatibility with DOS

ID Number: Q31835

3.x 4.x 5.x

MS-DOS

Summary:

Applications developed for MS-DOS using Microsoft high-level

languages can easily be transported to XENIX. The XENIX versions of

BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Macro Assembler, and Pascal offered by

Microsoft are source-language compatible with the MS-DOS versions.

The object files produced by FORTRAN Versions 3.3x and 4.x, C

Versions 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x, and Pascal Versions 3.3x and 4.x can be

used in either operating-system environment, except for FORTRAN object

files that access arrays greater than 64K.

This flexibility makes it easier to move

operating-system-independent subroutine libraries between systems.