Invisible schrieb:
> Well, yeah, there is that. If you don't *do* crazy stuff with pointer 
> arithmetic in the first place, you're less likely to have problems.

"Less likely" hits the nail straight on the head, in every sense.

> In other words, the design of your application doesn't let you solve the 
> problem properly, and the only way to get it to work is with a hack that 
> doesn't work properly, which then introduces more problems that can only 
> be fixed with hacks... until eventually you figure out that it's less 
> work to redesign your application to work right in the first place.

Exactly! Except that typically some other bloke did the original design, 
has already left the company, and first thing you need to figure out is 
whether there was any reason he chose that braindead approach...

> [Can you tell how many large programs I've worked on?]

 From what statements I read from you so far, I'd guess they amount to 
something like, roughly, let me think, about.. um - zero?? ;-)

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