Re: [aclug-L] Segmintation faults

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Wayne White wrote:

> What causes segmintation faults? Is it usually a software problem
> or a hardware problem?

A /segment/ation fault is basically an improper memory access. The
immediate cause is software (the program tries to access memory that
it shouldn't).  Whether there's a hardware problem (memory, say)
behind _that_ bug is optional.

-jeff
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