DB> (in practice, it's more common to overwrite your own data or
 DB> code segments, rather than some other process' segments). 

  Yair... I've discovered that. I get some really weird effects at
times. I played around with QuickBasic for 3 weeks and never had a
scrap of trouble: a week of C and I've locked the computer twice, and
lost count of the number of times my own program has gone made or got
the gollywobbles.

 DB> As our Systems Programming 1 lecturer said last year:

 DB> "C was *meant* to be dangerous!"

  Yair... I don't think it's for me. I'm beginning to get a feel for
it, and it is totally unforgiving of fools. From my foolish point of 
view C is ridiculous. I think I might go back to something more user 
friendly like Pascal or Visual Basic.

Regards,
Bob
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