diff --git a/entries/fandango on core.txt b/entries/fandango on core.txt index c73b74d..7ecc14c 100644 --- a/entries/fandango on core.txt +++ b/entries/fandango on core.txt @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ fandango on core n. [Unix/C hackers, from the Iberian dance] In C, a wild pointer that runs -out of bounds, causing a core dump , or corrupts the malloc (3) arena in +out of bounds, causing a core dump, or corrupts the malloc arena in such a way as to cause mysterious failures later on, is sometimes said to have done a fandango on core. On low-end personal machines without an MMU (or Windows boxes, which have an MMU but use it incompetently), this can corrupt the OS itself, causing massive lossage. Other frenetic dances, such -as the cha-cha or the watusi, may be substituted. See aliasing bug , -precedence lossage , smash the stack , memory leak , memory smash , overrun -screw , core. - +as the cha-cha or the watusi, may be substituted. See aliasing bug, +precedence lossage, smash the stack, memory leak, memory smash, overrun +screw, core.