Fixing a signal infinite loop on VAX machines

· Adafruit Industries Blog · April 27, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
Software Vintage Computing 80386 error handling perl Programming Errors OpenBSD Intel 386
Summary
Miod Vallat discusses a historical issue with DEC VAX machines resembling a glitch in Intel's 386, focusing on an error signal that causes programs to hang, highlighted through the experience of Todd Miller with Perl in OpenBSD.
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