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From: rja@edison.cho.ge.com (rja)
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Subject: Re: What C compilers have non-zero null pointers?
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Date: 16 Jul 90 17:50:01 GMT
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I used to use a compiler for MSDOS and the 80x86 cpus 
whose NULL pointer was F000:0000 hex when examined via
a debugger.  It of course did compile fine as long as one
used sense and compared pointers to NULL rather than 
a constant of zero...

Compilers where NULL isn't represented as all zero bits
just aren't that uncommon.