[net.micro.pc] cii-c86 "feature"

wampler@unmvax.UUCP (03/07/86)

I've been happily using Computer Innovations C-86 compiler for
several years now, and just found this bug.  I called CII, and
they told me it was a feature!  This is bizarre for sure.

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
printf("hello world\n");
printf("/* this is supposed to print, not be a comment!\n");
printf("and this is the second line. */\n");
}
 gives as output:
hello world
<blank line>

That's right! It ate the "comment" in the printf's.  Other than
this really strange feature, I haven't found a bug in a couple of years.
--
Dr. Bruce E. Wampler
University of New Mexico
Department of Computer Science
Albuquerque, NM 87131

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