>One of the fun things about working at Sun back in the day was that there were folks trying to fix some of the issues that were legitimately raised by the UHH.
Like opening core files (which have gigantic gaps of unmapped zeros) by loading them into the XView text editor when you double click on them in the XView file manager? ;)
That's actually how core dumps grow and reproduce and evolve, like those wasps that lay their eggs in other insects and turn them into zombies, by embedding themselves in an unwitting host process and making it core dump even bigger!
Like opening core files (which have gigantic gaps of unmapped zeros) by loading them into the XView text editor when you double click on them in the XView file manager? ;)
That's actually how core dumps grow and reproduce and evolve, like those wasps that lay their eggs in other insects and turn them into zombies, by embedding themselves in an unwitting host process and making it core dump even bigger!
https://www.wired.com/2014/10/absurd-creature-week-glyptapan...
And while on the topic of XView: Do you have any good XBUGTOOL horror stories, Chuck? ;)
The most foolish thing I ever did was try to use it to file a bug against itself. Boy do I regret that!
http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/unix-haters/x-windows/xbugto...