[Sussex] *Yawn* Morning

[Geoff Teale]

Steve wrote:
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> I hope you said:
>    ((char *) 0x12345678) = 0xAB;
> Or words to that effect.

I gave up about half way through explaining what the 0x meant, what a
pointer is, what type casting is... ;)

> The fact the a machine with a correctly configured MMU doesn't
> allow you destroy other processes memory is a sign of the
> lack of power in Unix just shows how brain dead some programmers
> can be.

Indeed.  I asked her to give an example of why she would want to do an
update to a memory address directly in the first place.  She indicated that
it was a good way of putting cheats into games.

...something tells me that the games industry has moved on a little since
the early 80's.  

Frankly the fact that a language like BASIC ever got near memory management
was a clear indicator of how poor the hardware was, not how great the
language was.
 
> Incensed of Eastbourne

Nonsensed of East Grinstead ;)

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