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From: Rich Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com>
To: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
Cc: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>,
	TUHS main list <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Maximum Array Sizes in 16 bit C
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:26:46 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFH29tqLpWhWuBTzUU2cP1F0sMttkV4UjRj1B2eF_X2BdTZcdA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABH=_VR6=wJdgCLArHLd8q3N+BGj=5m16X4WBkB+o5XksbSsbw@mail.gmail.com>

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> Unless "foo" were a pointer that the programmer explicitly pointed to the
> inside of a larger data structure.
>

It was that.  Go look at the source (I included the link) if you want.
This was in the context of a sub-thread about array indices, after all.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-09-20 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-18 23:51 Douglas McIlroy
2024-09-18 23:57 ` Henry Bent
2024-09-19 13:13   ` Rich Salz
2024-09-20 13:33     ` Paul Winalski
2024-09-20 15:07       ` Dave Horsfall
2024-09-20 15:30         ` Larry McVoy
2024-09-20 15:56         ` Stuff Received
2024-09-20 16:14         ` Dan Cross
2024-09-20 17:11         ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-09-20 20:16           ` Bakul Shah via TUHS
2024-09-20 20:58             ` Warner Losh
2024-09-20 21:18               ` Rob Pike
2024-09-20 22:04               ` Bakul Shah via TUHS
2024-09-20 22:19               ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-09-20 15:26       ` Rich Salz [this message]
2024-09-20 19:40     ` Leah Neukirchen
2024-09-20 15:24 Douglas McIlroy

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