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From: rbj@icst-cmr (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: Re: Dereferencing NULL
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Date: Mon, 7-Apr-86 14:21:31 EST
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	Sometimes I think that every C language course should include a section 
	on "The Use and Abuse of Null Pointers"... unfortunately, I have yet to
	see this mentioned in any such course's syllabus.
	
Hey, even *I* don't dereference NULL pointers! However I do think that
software should be tolerant when passed such items. I seem to remember
that `printf' would say `<null>' or something to that effect when invoked
as `printf("%s",0)' (Guy would say `printf("%s",(char *) 0)').

	> Karl W. Z. Heuer (ihnp4!bentley!kwh), The Walking Lint
	
	Given the quality of too many C programs (and programmers), that title
	sounds like a thankless task at best....
	-- 
		Guy Harris
		{ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy
		guy@sun.arpa	(yes, really)
	
Perhaps we should call you `The Talking Lint' :-)

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell		<rbj@cmr>