Is there any way to crash the gcc itself

[Spidey]

Is there any way to crash the gcc itself, i dont know much about the
compiling activity.....
........ can i be done via overflowing some of the internal tables or
stack used by gcc.....

 

[Mike Wahler]

Is there any way to crash the gcc itself,

Probably. Such a complex application very likely
does have at least a few bugs.

i dont know much about the
compiling activity.....

Read The Directions.

....... can i be done via overflowing some of the internal tables or
stack used by gcc.....

Perhaps. But why would you want to do such a thing?
Everyone I know prefers that software works correctly,
rather than not.

If you're asking about this because you *have* seen
gcc crash, then please visit a gcc group for discussion,
this group is about the C language itself, not about
any particular compiler or its operation (or lack thereof).

-Mike

 

[Peter Nilsson]

Is there any way to crash the gcc itself, ...

Yes. Do you have a question on the C language?

Comp.lang.c discusses what implementations are supposed to do with
strictly conforming (and almost strictly conforming) code, but it is
not
the right forum for discussing how to crash a specific portion of one
specific implementation.

 

[Keith Thompson]

Is there any way to crash the gcc itself, i dont know much about the
compiling activity.....
....... can i be done via overflowing some of the internal tables or
stack used by gcc.....

Try gnu.gcc.help or gnu.gcc.bug.