Published on April 4, 2026, the article attributed to Walter Bright presents C fat-pointer examples as an approach to addressing array-overflow bugs.
A revision of the article “C’s Biggest Mistake,” attributed to Walter Bright, adds examples of how fat pointers could work in C. The article presents this approach as a way to eliminate array-overflow bugs and offers engineers a perspective on its use; it reports no test results or project adoption.
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