:stale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp. among
microcomputer hackers.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
microcomputer hackers.
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Related:
- stale pointer bug n.
Synonym for aliasing bug used
esp.
among microcomputer hackers... - aliasing bug: n. A class of subtle programming errors that can
arise in code that does dynamic allocation,
esp. via `malloc(3)' or equivalent. If several... - wedgie: [Fairchild] n. A bug. Prob. related to {wedged}.
The AI Hackers... - bug-for-bug compatible: n. Same as {bug-compatible},
with the additional implication that much tedious... - fandango on core: [UNIX/C hackers, from the Mexican dance] n.
In C, a wild pointer that runs out of bounds, causing... - handle: n. 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym;
a `nom de guerre' intended to conceal the user's... - bug-compatible: adj. Said of a design or revision that has been
badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with
{fossil}s or {misfeature}s in other programs or (esp.)
previous releases of itself.
"MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug... - arena: [UNIX] n. The area of memory attached to a process by
`brk(2)' and `sbrk(2)' and used by `malloc(3)' as
dynamic storage.
So named from a `malloc: corrupt arena' message... - ding: n.,vi. 1. Synonym for {feep}. Usage: rare among hackers,
but commoner in the {Real World}. 2. `dinged': What...
From the same category:
- How many
Conservative economists
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
None, because, look! It's getting brighter! It's definitely... - I can read your mind,
and you should be ashamed of yourself... - T'was a brave person indeed, who first ate an oyster.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - Life is Unfair"
by Y.... - Computers can give you the mnemonic
plague...
