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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Perl core dumps
Message-ID: <11533@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 21 Feb 91 17:49:29 GMT
References: <1991Feb20.213642.12144@tkna.uucp>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1991Feb20.213642.12144@tkna.uucp> alan@mr_peck.tkna.com (Alan Light) writes:
: My perl (3.44 SunOS 4.1) core dumps if it does not have at least one executable
: statement.  In other words if I just type "perl" to the shell, then hit
: ^D I get a core dump.
: 
: Is this normal?

No.  It doesn't do it on any of my Suns.  Funny compiler?  Corrupted kits?

Larry