rcs blows up on suns

[Larry Campbell]

> ...
> As I stated in my original reply, dereferencing zero is always
> a bad idea, even though it `works' (returns 0) on Vaxen.   So,
> it isn't Sun's fault per se, and I don't think RCS is really
> a supported product of Sun Microsystems... (anyone from Sun
> care to comment on this?).
> -- 
> Larry West				(USA+619-)452-6771
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A minor point, but dereferencing zero only "works" on Vaxen that are
running Berkeley Unix (don't know about USG).  VMS sets page zero to
no access; this is one of the few areas where I concede VMS a point
over Unix.  It catches an all-too-common programming error.
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