Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> make a typo in a C program, the program stops and says "error: 
> segmantation fault".

*If* you're lucky.  What's worse is when it *doesn't*. :-)

> As far as I'm aware, you cannot catch segfaults.

You can, but not in a portable way, a language-defined way, or in a way 
that's useful for debugging or continuing on.  You cannot, for example, 
catch a segfault and use it to extend the size of the array you just ran off 
the end of.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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