help on memory question

i'm writing this code in turbo c++ compiler

Code:

 
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
clrscr();
char huge *j;
printf("&#37;d",sizeof(j));
getch();
}

OUTPUT
4

what is this 'huge' qualifier.the only thing i know that it is related to memory model.
plz help soon

Search the Web for "huge pointer".

Incidentally, if you are new to C, you may want to use a newer compiler and learn standard C instead.

Near Pointer: A near pointer is that which will only point within the current segment say segment 3 (there are S number of segments numbered 0 to S-1) by containing only offset .

Far Pointer: A far pointer is that which will point anywhere in the X MB across segments by containing segment+offset

Originally Posted by BEN10

i'm writing this code in turbo c++ compiler
what is this 'huge' qualifier.the only thing i know that it is related to memory model.
plz help soon

Straight from the Turbo C/C++ 's IDE:

huge (type modifier)

Similar to far type modifier

<type> huge <pointer-definition> ;

The huge modifier is similar to the far modifier except for two additional
features.

þ Its segment is normalized during pointer
arithmetic so that pointer comparisons are
accurate.

þ Huge pointers can be incremented without
suffering from segment wraparound.