When perl coredumps on you or gcc gives you an internal error and a signal 11 you know your hardware isn't working anymore. Here is a little program that helps you detect those memory errors. I didn't make this myself, but it's useful to have it lying around in serveral different, practical, ready to use formats.
The home page of memtest86 is http://www.memtest86.com. Here you can download the source and the latest version.
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