• Suzune
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    edit-2
    9 months ago

    When you program embedded you’ll also dereference NULL pointers at some point.

    More...

    Some platforms can have something interesting at memory address 0x0 (it’s often NULL in C).

    • Scoopta@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      9 months ago

      In amd64/x86 kernel space you can dereference null as well. My hobby kernel keeps critical kernel structures there XD.

    • humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      I was thinking about telling them how in embedded systems it’s a good practice to allocate the memory by hand, having in mind the backlog, but yours will come first