Re: Help --> How to prevent the visit from the dreaded guru

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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 1991 20:36

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In article <V2H++Q_@irie.ais.org> jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:
>Does anyone know how to FORCE a guru through C? What includes, etc, and
>maybe a ForceGuru() call? I have a program where if you enter an incorrect
>response, it is supposed to guru. Does anyone have a sure-fire routine?

     If I really want to crash a program on any machine, I just
do a division by zero.

     Of course, the question remains: why do you want a guru?
We multitasking enthusiasts would get rather upset if you took
out not only your own program but everything else on the system.
A nasty message followed by termination would be much nicer.  If
you really want to get someone's attention, a requester would do
the job quite nicely.

     Consider this a philosophical question.  Forcing a guru for
an incorrect response sounds like an awfully severe punishment.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
"I'm cursed with hair from HELL!"  -- Night Court

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Subject: Re: Help --> How to prevent the visit from the dreaded guru
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