Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 09:03:28 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: Stan Moore <smoore AT exis DOT net>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:19:07 -0400
> 
> Actually I suspect you could do a google search and find several
> references to the oft cited "nasal demons" that can occur when one
> uses an input that ISO declared to result in "undefined" behavior. So
> if you write code that results in "undefined" behavior and the program
> does as you suggest and generates Mandlebrot..., reboots, causes
> demons to fly out of your nose, or even turns into a hippo it would be
> valid for an ANSI C compiler. For me, DJGPP has always produced a lot
> less exciting behavior, no matter what I've put in to it.

Perhaps you could exercise more imagination when you create your bugs ;-)

> How about it DJ, Eli, maintainers - any chance of getting some nasal
> demons in a future release? :)

We are actively working on that as we speak...