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Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 17:37:07 -0500
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: Is that bug ?
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At 11:30 AM 2/6/99 +0000, you wrote:
>  memcpy( buffer, NULL, sizeof( buffer ) );

>Under DOS, Unix that program is crashed, BUT
>under Windows that program won't crash.
>What is it ? Is that bug ?

Yep. It is. It's been known about for quite some time. Unfortunately, Bill
Gates seems disinclined to take a few minutes to fix it even while he's
giving away 4 billion dollars to various charitable organizations.
:-)

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