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Subject: Re: far pointers again
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:57:18 GMT
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de) wrote:
: As soon as you add the 'far' keyword, one of the most fundamental
: assumptions in C breaks down: a pointer is a pointer is a pointer.
What exactly do you mean by that? Does this also go for a pointer to a char?
Why does 'far' breaks this concept down?

: "Many millions of flies eat sh*t. So we should eat it, as well." or
: what? This argument has never been a good one.
It was not an argument. Just a statement. With all due respect, that it is
sh*t is just your opinion. Maybe that of countless others too, but it is still
an opinion.

David