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From: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How do you write portable programs?
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Date: 13 Sep 88 18:07:35 GMT
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Reply-To: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells)
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In article <13467@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
: In article <2515@ingr.UUCP> jones@ingr.UUCP (Mark Jones) writes:
: >Instead of using NULL, use ZERO, and don't worry about casting it.

Having seen NULL abused so often, I have decided on a new
slogan: "NULL, just say NO!"

On an assignment, always use 0.  In a function call, always cast
a 0 to the appropriate type.

Hey Chris, do you think we should combine our missives (mine is
<402@proxftl.UUCP>) into an article for news.announce.newusers?
We might get it into the "most frequently asked questions"
section under the title "NULL considered harmful!"

:-) I think.

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Bill
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