>> Hi there.  Why does emx/gcc disallow the modification of string 
 >> constants?

 > If you want it with gcc, use -fwriteable-strings

Bingo, thanks David.  Where did you find that information?

 >> Or more to the point - why does ANSI/ISO C disallow this?

 > It doesn't. The actual result of doing so is undefined. Don't rely on 
 > it either way.

Understood.  The C reference book I have here (mentioned a few messages
ago) differs from the ANSI C spec in regards to modifying string literals. 
I'll go along with the spec any day though. :-)  Tnx.

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