Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: effect of free() Message-ID: <10988@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 9 Sep 89 00:58:14 GMT References: <319@cubmol.BIO.COLUMBIA.EDU> <3756@buengc.BU.EDU> <1989Aug17.005548.745@twwells.com> <16022@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> <248@seti.inria.fr> <1465@levels.sait.edu.au> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 5 In article <1465@levels.sait.edu.au> CCDN@levels.sait.edu.au (DAVID NEWALL) writes: >a machine that *did* trap in such a case, would be decidedly unfriendly. while letting you continue to play with pointers that point absolutely nowhere would be friendly??