資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
fandango on core
(Unix/C, from the Mexican dance) In {C}, a wild pointer that
runs out of bounds, causing a {core dump}, or corrupts the
{malloc} {arena} in such a way as to cause mysterious failures
later on, is sometimes said to have "done a fandango on core".
On low-end personal machines without an {MMU}, this can
corrupt the {operating system} itself, causing massive
lossage. Other frenetic dances such as the rhumba, cha-cha,
or watusi, may be substituted.
See {aliasing bug}, {precedence lossage}, {smash the stack},
{memory leak}, {memory smash}, {overrun screw}, {core}.
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(1994-12-16)