Yet ANOTHER null pointer dereference problem (in "cat")

[Al Filipski]

> >
> > There were two papers given at the Dallas USENIX Conference (Jan 1985)
> > on this general topic:
> > 
> > 	Latent Source Bugs and UNIX System Portability
> > 		Alan Filipski, Motorola Microsystems
> > 
> > 	Can't Happen or /* NOTREACHED */ or Real Programs Dump Core
> > 		Ian Darwin & Geoff Collyer, University of Toronto
> > 
> > Both papers are replete with examples of How Not To Do Things, cogent
> > observations about portability, and guidelines for good coding
> > practices. I recommend them highly to anyone who programs in C at any
> > time, regardless of whether they intend to make their programs portable
> > or not.
> > 
> > 	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair at ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU
> 
> 	OK, I'll bite. How do we obtain copies of these papers?
> 
Well, I'll send a reprint of my paper to anybody who wants one.  Just
send me your name and (physical) mailing address.

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Alan Filipski, UNIX group, Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ U.S.A
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