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C Vu Volume 32 · Issue 6 · January 2021

Contents

• Hindsight
  Editorial.
• Making a FreeBSD Port
  Silas S. Brown explains how to create your own package for the popular operating system.
• Beman Dawes 17th February 1941 – 1st December 2020
  Francis Glassborow pays tribute to a friend and colleague.
• Buffer Overflows on Windows and How to Find Them
  Roger Orr takes a detailed look at handing memory problems in Windows.
• Code Critique Competition 127
  Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
• The Standard Report
  Guy Davidson reviews the progress made in 2020.
• Homework Challenge 2
  Francis Glassborow introduces a new challenge.
• Reviews
  The latest roundup of reviews.
• View from the Chair
  

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