Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!mmdf From: marc@athena.mit.edu (Marc Horowitz) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: perl 4.009 core dump Message-ID: <1991Jun10.055042.17576@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> Date: 10 Jun 91 05:50:42 GMT Sender: mmdf@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU (Uvaarpa Mail System) Reply-To: Marc Horowitz Organization: The Internet Lines: 6 perl -e '$f=pack("hh",1); print $f,"\n";' dumps core on the vax, ibm rt, and pmax. I realize that it's illegal, but perl shouldn't dump core, either. Marc