// Ref: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=584976
public class GoodbyeWorld {
 
  public static double func1(){
    double r = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++)
      r += func2();
    return r;
  }
 
  public static double func2(){
    double[] a = {0};
    double r = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++)
      r = a[i];
    return r;
  }
 
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
      func1(); // System.out.println("i["+i+"]=" + func1());
  }
} 

The test case runs fine when using 1.4.2_05.

When run with 1.4.2_06 it crashes:

% java -client -showversion GoodbyeWorld
java version "1.4.2_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_06-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06-b03, mixed mode)

#
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error, Internal Error
# Please report this error at
# http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.2_06-b03 mixed mode)
#
# Error ID: 43113F2652414D452D41503F491418160E435050005C
#
# Problematic Thread: prio=5 tid=0x0810a028 nid=0x9 runnable 
#

Heap at VM Abort:
Heap
 def new generation   total 576K, used 136K [0xd2000000, 0xd20a0000, 0xd24e0000)
  eden space 512K,  26% used [0xd2000000, 0xd2022030, 0xd2080000)
  from space 64K,   0% used [0xd2080000, 0xd2080000, 0xd2090000)
  to   space 64K,   0% used [0xd2090000, 0xd2090000, 0xd20a0000)
 tenured generation   total 1408K, used 0K [0xd24e0000, 0xd2640000, 0xd6000000)
   the space 1408K,   0% used [0xd24e0000, 0xd24e0000, 0xd24e0200, 0xd2640000)
 compacting perm gen  total 4096K, used 965K [0xd6000000, 0xd6400000, 0xda000000)
   the space 4096K,  23% used [0xd6000000, 0xd60f1570, 0xd60f1600, 0xd6400000)
Abort (core dumped)

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