dn> ISO-C provides no method of addressing an absolute address. Of course,
 dn> almost all implementations allow it in some form, but that's a point of
 dn> departure for portable code.

sscanf("%p") is ISO-provided.  The exact format of the string you
pass it is implementation-defined.

 dn> Despite the "ISO banner" that's often flown here and in
other places, and
 dn> the often touted aim of producing 'portable' C code, most real-world code
 dn> isn't portable by any stretch of the imagination. Non-portability itself

And the often-touted claim by C programmers that C is portable.

Paul

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