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From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: ints vs. pointers
Message-ID: <215@desint.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 02:58:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 02:58:22 1984
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In article <80@physiol.OZ> john@physiol.OZ (John Mackin) writes:
>
>	If two pointers of the same type are subtracted, the result is con-
>	verted (by division by the length of the object) to an int representing
>	the number of objects separating the pointed-to objects.
>
>This is clearly not necessarily possible if you have (say) 32-bit pointers
>(with ALL 32 bits being address) and 16-bit ints.

Nawww.  The above discussion in K&R is talking about two pointers to
similar objects in the same array.  So all you have to do is limit array
sizes to 65K.  (Actually, 65K * sizeof (object)).

Ridiculous, you say?  Only Bozo the Clown would design such a machine, you say?
I agree.

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	Geoff Kuenning
	First Systems Corporation
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