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In article <1hsdg8INN5jm@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> berg@physik.tu-muenchen.de (Stephen R. van den Berg) writes:
>What about the following program:     [of which I show only the salient parts]
>void*a,*b;
>
>main()
>{ int i;  /* initial assignment deleted */
>  a=malloc(1); b=malloc(1);
>  i+=a>b; 
>  printf("%d\n",i);
>  return i;
>}
>---------------------------------------
>
>Is this program *always* required to print or return "3"?

I believe this program is not obligated to print or return _anything_,
but may, in John Woods's happy phrase, "cause demons to fly out of your
nose."

Comparing pointers that point to different objects leads to an undefined
result.  See ANSI section 3.3.8 (ISO 6.3.8, I believe).
-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems                      brown@Ncoast.ORG
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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