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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!junco.fsl.noaa.gov!kelly From: kelly@junco.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Major strcmp bug under BSD 2.0? Date: 1 Jun 1995 20:19:13 GMT Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3ql7c1$629@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU> References: <3qfn52$188j@troy.la.locus.com> <3qfpuf$b08@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> <3qga0c$14pf@troy.la.locus.com> <BETSYS.95May31001953@northshore.shore.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: junco.fsl.noaa.gov In article <BETSYS.95May31001953@northshore.shore.net>, Betsy Schwartz <betsys@northshore.shore.net> wrote: >[ quoting a SunOS man page ] >>On the Sun processor, as well as on many other machines, you >>can not use a NULL pointer to indicate a null string. Whereas under HP/UX 9000/755: Null pointer values for s1 and s2 are treated the same as pointers to empty strings. Just another data point. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA A power surge on the Bridge is rapidly and correctly diagnosed as a faulty capacitor by the highly-trained and competent engineering staff. -- One of 46 things that never happen on Star Trek