Re: Can a program make computer hardware out of order?

From: cyberdude (quake_earthNOSPAM_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/24/03 

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 07:10:53 +0000 (UTC)

Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 04:02:22 +0000 (UTC), cyberdude
> <quake_earthNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can a 'C' program for scientific calculation and running on Linux make
>> the computer crash or make the hardware faulty? Thank you in advance.
>>
> Very unlikely. Why do you ask?

It is because my colleague's programs often make a computer fail or even
damage the hardware (as far as I know they at least caused memory
problem). But programs from other guys seem to run smoothly on that same
computer.

David

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