Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!mcvax!guido From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Lattice C Exit Call Problem Message-ID: <6003@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 20:42:09 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.6003 Posted: Mon Sep 24 20:42:09 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 04:32:19 EDT References: <12240@sri-arpa.UUCP> Reply-To: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Organization: "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 8 Allocating a buffer via malloc() and writing outside the buffer areas can cause program crashes on ALL systems. It's only the total absence of memory protection on the PC that makes the system crash together with the user program. (From an experienced C programmer :-) -- Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam guido @ mcvax