Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:31:00 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Pyro Technic <invid AT dmv DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: SIGSEV hates me
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On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Pyro Technic wrote:

> 		for(j=3; j>=0; ++j)
> 			{
> 			temp = (int)num1 % 10;
> 			digit[j]=temp;

This references digit[3], then digit[4], etc., until j overflows to be 
negative.  But even before that it overflows the stack (since digit[], 
being an automatic variable, is allocated off the stack); hence the Stack 
Fault message when it crashes.