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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "stack smashing detected"
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:32:15 +0100
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On 13/06/2024 09:54, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> 
>> valgrind is too hardcore for me (for the hobby C programs I write
>> anyway).
> 
> What does "too hardcore" mean?  It's very simple to use and catches more
> problems than gcc's runtime checks can.  Compile with -g (so you get
> line number information) and then run under valgrind:
> 

valgrind is my favourite little utility. It's easy to use, and flushes 
out bugs very effectively. Unfotunately the Mac won't let me run it

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