though not as effectively as avoiding C in the first place.

[shae]

From a really detailed and approachable post by Gustavo Duarte: The text segment also maps your binary file in memory, but writes to this area earn your program a Segmentation Fault. This helps prevent pointer bugs, though not as effectively as avoiding C in the first place.

PS. I wish Windows had a tiling window manager, this explorer thing sucks balls.