C: Why do unassigned pointers point to unpredictable memory and NOT point to NULL?

Question

A long time ago I used to program in C for school. I remember something that I really hated about C: unassigned pointers do not point to NULL.

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Answer 1

For it to point to NULL it would have to have NULL assigned to it ( even if it was done automatically and transparently ).

So, to answer your question, the reason a pointer can't be both unassigned and NULL is because a pointer can not be both not assigned and assigned at the same time.