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Segmentation Fault (lemmy.ml)

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Even if you do have an MMU, there's no guarantee that you'll get a segmentation fault from a memory bug. You can still just get the weird side effects, if you fail to access the incorrect memory.

Undefined behaviour means exactly that. You have no idea what you could get.