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Dave Korn wrote:
>   I'd investigate phdl.  What OS version are you using?  32- or 64-bit?  Have
> we possibly got the wrong packing or alignment of the PEB structure or
> something like that?

32bit Vista SP1. I can't imagine that the PEB would be messed up,
because then /every/ fork would die horribly -- not just this one. More
later...

--
Chuck


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