From: "HelloTree, Inc." Date: 2002-10-09T13:59:25+09:00 Subject: Re: reproducable bug Just so you know, line 11 is the following: sock.puts(String.new(a)) # CRASH! So here's the error message it gives: test.rb:11: [BUG] Segmentation fault This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.