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From: wcs@homxa.UUCP (Bill Stewart HO 4K-437 x0705)
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Subject: C program error messages
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Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 16:50:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 28 16:50:10 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Mar-84 00:53:45 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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A year or so ago, someone posted an article explaining the arcane
messages C programs put out when they die, e.g.

	Bus error - core dumped
	Protection violation
	Segmentation fault

Many of these tend to indicate common types of errors. For example
protecton violation often means "subscript way out of range".

Several office moves later, I can't find the list. Could some kind
wizard post a new explanation, or (if it is archived somewhere)
repost the original?

		Thanks; Bill Stewart ho95b!wcs
-- 
"The first major program written in ADA will be a COBOL interpreter."
					Stewart, 1984
Bill Stewart
AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
HO 4K-437 x0705   (201-949-0705)
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