Very simple (bug/misfeature/feature)?

[craig@jcb-sc.com]

>True, but the motivation for my question was for utter newbies, 
>people who are new to Un*x, C, and programming in general.

To keep them from remaining newbies, it is important that the compiler
obey them by overwriting their source code.

That way, they not only learn how to use the *compiler*, they learn a
far more important lesson:

  Make backups.

        tq vm, (burley)