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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: call to revolt
Message-ID: <20821.Jun2617.33.1091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 17:33:10 GMT
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I don't understand. Is this whole ``call to revolt'' simply because
someone can't translate

   char *x;
   x += sizeof(int);

into void * terminology? Here goes:

   void *x;
   x = (void *) (sizeof(int) + (char *) x);

Sheesh. By the way, anyone who thinks that the ``safety'' of void *
outweighs the portability of char * must live in a very limited
environment. (An environment where you write code which only runs on one
machine fits my definition of limited.)

---Dan