From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Null-Pointer and Assembly
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:02:31 -0400
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Gerhard Gruber wrote:
> 
> That's not exactly true. If you use the MFC (recommended by MS) then you get
> hundreds of codelines calling assert() to ensure that there is no null
> pointer.
> 
> I can't believe it! I just wrote a mail that defends MS. Must getting sick or
> the heat affects my brain. :)

I guess that post must have been tongue-in-cheek.  After all, *0 is a
NULL-pointer dereference and all the asserts in the world won't catch
it.  :-)  However, cwsdpmi bombs on it while Windows just keeps on
truckin'...

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