Can your C compiler do this:


int main()
{
  int *p;
  p  = 0;
  *p = 0;
  return 0;
}

?

>>27
Jesus christ, are you paying attention to the topic? I said people USED to use a null pointer as the empty string before modern virtual memory and the standardization of C, and it was a bitch to fix. You said they could just use exception handling as a workaround instead of fixing it. I said that would be too slow. Then you say:

Whenever it happens on modern OS'es, it's almost always an error, so the cost is justified.
No shit sherlock. Did you miss the part where I agree with you?

This whole thread has felt like arguing with a bunch of goldfish. I'm done here.