6 Feb
2002
6 Feb
'02
8:50 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, John Chris Wren wrote:
This may or may not generate a runtime error. It may or may not cause
your computer to burst into flames. Do a google search on the term
"nasal demons". Upon encountering the above code, the compiler is allowed
to make demons fly out of your nose.
Eric
Perhaps I worded that poorly. I know that we
vould index it by 666, if we
like, but it's liable to generate a runtime error (one a machine with a MMU,
at any rate. A non-MMU processor the effects might never show up. Or you
may tell the CP/M BIOS that your disk has 10 heads instead of 2).
With, OR WITHOUT, an MMU, it is legal C code!
int A[10];
int N;
. . .
A[10] = 0;
will NOT generate a runtime error.