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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: relearning C: why does an in-place change to a char* segfault?
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:41:16 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> In 20/20 hindsight, my personal opinion is that it would have been
> better to make string literals const in C89/C90.

Fortunately wiser heads prevailed.