:> :
:> :-Alfred
:> 
:>     'nil' ?  'nil' is the designation for an ascii 0, not a pointer.
:>     Please use 'null' or 'NULL' -- for example, look at the gettimeofday
:>     man page.  'nil' has nothing to do with pointers.
:
:More correctly, 'nul' or 'NUL' are ASCII character 0.  'nil' is a pascal phrase
:that should *not* find its way into the general UNIX lexicon.
:
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:            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
:
:Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]                                           http://softweyr.com/

    Ah, indeed!  nul/NUL == ascii.  'nil' should removed from our vocabulary.

                                        -Matt
                                        Matthew Dillon 
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