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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address?
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:05:58 +0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:

> I suspect I am not the first person whose current coding style reflects
> lessons learnt from using older compilers while those problems have
> subsequently been fixed in later standards. :-)

The funniest C compiler I met was under Sys.V. It modified the format
string passed to printf. The string was actually restored when formatting
was done. Alas, the very same compiler stored string literals in the
read-only memory segment!

Immutable scalar arguments still ire mutable within C and C++ subprograms.
Great ideas never die...

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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