Ruby and Python

[Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton]

On 21 Nov 2000 08:03:51 +0200, Erno Kuusela <erno-news at erno.iki.fi> wrote:

> >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic at arsdigita.com> writes:
> 
>     Hrvoje> You might have a hard time doing that on today's Unix
>     Hrvoje> systems.  By default, your code will be placed to the text
>     Hrvoje> segment, and attempts to modify it will fail with a
>     Hrvoje> SIGSEGV.
> 
> you can always copy the code you want to modify to the heap or
> the stack.

Those segments are often (sometimes?) marked "read/write, no execute", so you
may not be able to branch to the code and have it executed.

Cheers,
Philip
-- 
Philip Newton <nospam.newton at gmx.li>
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.