From: Bill Currie <bill AT taniwha DOT tssc DOT co DOT nz>
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Subject: Re: Null page Protection
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 19:46:48 +1200
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Gurunandan R. Bhat wrote:
> But aren't all DJGPP images loaded in extended memory where the only
> thing you can clobber in the null page is your own code. What advantages
> does it serve in these situations, if any.

Yes, but you still want to know when your code is wrong, don't you? 
Anyway, it saves you from getting really strange bugs in your program
caused by grabbing data from a null pointer.

Bill
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