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   Nicholas Boel to mark lewis   
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   24 Nov 16 10:20:14   
   
   Hello mark,   
      
   On 24 Nov 16 10:07, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    WV>>>> If they are both linux gnu c, what can be different between the   
    WV>>>> two?   
      
    ml>>> path separators and drive letters...   
      
   This was the original question and answer.   
      
    NB>> He's referring to an X86 system running Linux, and an ARM device   
    NB>> also running Linux. There is no difference with path separators   
    NB>> and drive letters, but binaries can not be swapped between the   
    NB>> two systems.   
      
    ml> yes, i know... but winwhatever does have drive letters and the path   
    ml> separators lean the other way... so true cross-platform code takes   
    ml> these differences into account no matter which compiler is used...   
    ml> generally speaking it comes down to using predefined variables...   
      
   Winwhatever wasn't involved in the original question, is what we're getting at.   
      
   [trimmed unnecessary explanation of path separators and drive letters]   
      
   :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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