[LCP]query

[Vincent Penquerc'h]

> >     12     char *p = "raman";
> >     13     printf("%s\n",p);
> >     14     strcpy(p, "shyam");

You're lucky not to get a SIGSEGV. Upon entry in abc, p gets
initialized with a pointer to somewhere in memory (which sometimes
is a read only segment) where is stored the litteral "raman".
The strcpy just overwrites this litteral, which may or may not
be legal depending on your env/compiler/OS. If you try to strcpy
a longer string, you might get into more trouble, as it may
overwrite other litterals/data stored after "raman".
K&R code usually take for granted that litterals can be written to.
Besides, you'll also run into surprises if your compiler decides
to merge litterals into a single memory area.

-- 
Vincent Penquerc'h 
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