Charley Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Why do programs crash? Is it because it uses too much memory, too much CPU, etc.Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Depends on the program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Most often just a bug(some unexpected incompatibility or unforeseen effect) of the program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 As Shanenin said, they did not intend the program to crash, there is a bug.It may be a minor mistake in the code; somewhere someone forgot a , or put a ; where a : should be or got one letter wrong in typing and everyone else missed it.It could be that it specifies a memory address which is in use by something else or which is not allowed; or that it calls for a file which does not exist or tries to do something like divide by zero.Sometimes there is an upgrade or patch available to fix a known issue; sometimes uninstalling and reinstalling the program solves things (if by accident something got copied wrong during the installation). Sometimes you just have to find an alternative program which is compatible with your hardware, operating system , and other software. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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