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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
[...]
> I am completely against programs that dereference pointers that
> aren't pointing to the right place, but not so much against ones
> that copy or compare pointers.

I hope you can find a language that agrees with your preferences.
It isn't C.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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