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On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:02:51 +0000
mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:04:28 +0000, David Brown wrote:
> 
> > On 13/10/2024 17:45, Anton Ertl wrote:  
> 
> > I do think it would be convenient if there were a fully standard
> > way to compare independent pointers (other than just for equality).
> >  Rarely needing something does not mean /never/ needing it.  
> 
> OK, take a segmented memory model with 16-bit pointers and a 24-bit
> virtual address space. How do you actually compare to segmented
> pointers ??

That's their problem. The rest of the C world shouldn't suffer because
of odd birds.