> >The following construct crashes my Mac and damages the Volume Bitmap. > > > >while (1) { $i++, $a{ $i } = $i }; > > > I'm no expert but I don't understand the comma. Failure against my own principles. Typed instead of Copy/Pasted. This comma sure is meant to be a semikolon. while (1) { $i++; $a{ $i } = $i }; > Did you try it with the -w option? Yep. Sorry for the confusion. Nonetheless, the above construct does as described crash/freeze and forces a reboot. See my other posting for more details. Joergen -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Everything is possible - even sometimes the impossible" HOELDERLIN EXPRESS - "Touch the void" ------------------------------------------------------------------- ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org