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You have to understand the context, and the time period. Memory and CPU cycles were precious. All computers being 24/7 networked wasn't a thing, so security w
by kelnos 7mo ago
You have to understand the context, and the time period. Memory and CPU cycles were precious. All computers being 24/7 networked wasn't a thing, so security wasn't much of a concern. API design tended to reflect that.
- dev-ns8 7mo agoNot mentioned in my initial comment, but yeah, I'm viscerally aware of the affect the time period and resources at the time have on API design in C and other languages from that time period. The null pointer in place of the operand here just seemed like a really good quirk to point out