fixed: a problem with IRIX/g++: static instances lead to strange (really strange!)   seg faults that were impossible to trace back due to a missing stack pointer after the   seg fault
fixed: a problem with IRIX/g++: static instances lead to strange (really strange!)
  seg faults that were impossible to trace back due to a missing stack pointer after the
  seg fault

tkemmer/ball,tkemmer/ball,tkemmer/ball,tkemmer/ball,tkemmer/ball,tkemmer/ball