[OPEN-ILS-DEV] C nits: string_array.c (Part 1)

[David J. Fiander]

On 31-Mar-07, at 12:11 , Scott McKellar wrote:
> It gets worse.
>
> I have read that in some architectures, pointers pass through a
> special CPU register that validates the address.  If the pointer
> is not a valid address, the program crashes, even if you're just
> moving the pointer around without trying to dereference it.

Yeah.  The CDC Cyber-180 series of 64-bit mainframes.

Man, they were a bitch.  Watch closed in "Die Hard" to see one get  
shot-up.

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David J. Fiander
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