C Src code giving CORE dump

[dirk dierickx]

hmm, problems like this should not ever happen. i took a look at the source file and well, it is a small piece of code and it doesn't do complicated things.

for things like this you should simply use a scripting language like perl or python. you could probably turn it into a shell script just as well.

i used to be pretty good at C, but i don't see the need to use it anymore. for admin work there is nothing that can't be done with shell and perl scripting.

even when i fiddle around with desktop apps on linux, this is written in python (with glade/gtk), nobody notices the difference.

it's so easy, fast and you don't have to worry about things like pointers and memory allocations.

[Dennis Handly]

>Dirk: it is a small piece of code and it doesn't do complicated things.

Yes but it must be a small fragment since there would be no reason to compile with +DD64.

[dirk dierickx]

no reason, yes, but that doesn't make it true.

i'm saying, sometimes people do things out of habbit or because they read it somewhere and applied it without knowing what all the options stand for.