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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 17:50:51 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199801090150.RAA16234@adit.ap.net>
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To: "S. M. Halloran" <mitch AT duzen DOT com DOT tr>,
David Eberhard <toothpck AT xmission DOT com>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: problem with memory allocation (I think)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

At 11:07  1/8/1998 +0200, S. M. Halloran wrote:
>Well, yes...you are certainly challenging the system's memory 
>protection system...it seems.  Since it is W95, I am a little 
>surprised that you were not immediately sent to Land of Warm Reboot 
>:)
Windows 95's limitations would not affect you in this case. The problem it
has is with unmapping specific pages, which implements NULL pointer
protection. Pointer overrun exceeds the segment limit, which does get caught.

But I agree in principle. :)

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net



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