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From: hania@DECWRL.DEC.COM
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Subject: Re: Toolkit and NULL pointers
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Date: 1 Mar 88 20:31:28 GMT
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The toolkit code also runs on VMS, where NULL pointer bugs cause
crashes just like on Suns.  I am not a toolkit implementor, so I can't
speak with certainty, but I think the answer is that you try to catch
all those bugs, and you don't always succeed.

   Hania