Pascal Schmidt wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 PS> Hi Roy! :-)

 RJT> I have here MSC6, and TC I think 2.5, as well as whatever the current 
 RJT> release of Slackware is giving me.

 PS> Most likely gcc-3.2.x or even 3.3.x. Check out gcc --version. 

 RJT> Anybody know if BCD is do-able with any of those?  In particular the 
 RJT> last one?

 PS> There seems to be no BCD stuff in the C library under Linux. What
 PS> do you need it for? It strikes me as an odd choice for new
 PS> software. ;)

I don't *need* it,  actually,  but the subject having come up,  I was just
wondering if it was in there someplace...

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