From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP hates me!
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 08:22:52 -0400
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Jason Dagit wrote:
> 
> Peter White wrote:
> >
> > The second problem is with my script language module, which at the moment
> > compiles fine, but refuses to run. I've tried to use a debugger with it,
> > but the program exits with a page fault _before_ it gets to main! This
> > program was working until I made it slightly more complicated.
> 
> Did you use -O3 to compile it?  I used it once to compile a small
> program I was making and the program wouldn't run, but if I compiled it
> with -O2 or less then it worked.  I ran stubify on the program and
> suddenly it worked just fine.  So that is what I suggest, I don't know
> what side effects could come from doing that but it might work :)

this is usually means there is a memory related bug in your program. if
i remember correctly, a similar situation is included in the comp.lang.c
FAQ although i cannot recall the reference right now.

  -- Sinan