What is the history of the ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED error code?
The ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED error code indicates that the storage control blocks were destroyed. This post from The Old New Thing explores the history behind this error code.
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The ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED error code originated in early MS-DOS to indicate a corrupted memory allocation arena, often caused by a program writing past its allocated memory block. It has been preserved for backward compatibility in Windows.