stupid compilers

[E.W.D, ,0,0]

>From article <163 at prodix.liu.se>, by martin at prodix.liu.se (Martin Wendel):
> Can anyone explain to me why this piece of code is OK to run:
> main()
> {
>    char line[];
>    char *tmp = "1234";
>    strcpy(line, tmp);
>    printf("%s\n", line);
> }

main ()
{
   char line[];
   char *tmp = "1234\336\255\276\357";
   int   innocent = 030073335276;

   printf("wanted %08X\n", innocent);
   strcpy(line, tmp);
   printf("got    %08X\n", innocent);
}


wanted C0EDBABE
got    DEADBEEF

(in certain endian contexts).

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