dpm@ritcv.UUCP (Don P McClimans) (07/28/83)
ear on the screen, but most of the time
you can figure out the error by looking at the file in the
general area near where the compiler stopped.
Unfortunately, the dump causes the last lines of the
listing to scroll off the screen, so you have to be quick on
the CTRL-S key to make sure you see which line was the last
one to be compiled. It is possible to direct the listing to
a file; however, in at least some crashes, the listing file
does not get closed, so there will be nothing in the listing
file. This means that you must put the listing to the
screen or printer. If you send it to the screen, then you
cannot leave the system to itself to compile, since you must
be there to hit CTRL-S at the appropriate time. Sending it
to the printer works ok, but tends to generate noise and
paper.
I am not aware of any run-time bugs (other than the
multiply-by-zero error in version 2 that JRT provided a
patch for). I have not, however, tried to write significant
amounts of real (useful) code with it, which is probably the
only way to find them. Is there anyone else on the net who
has?
Don McClimans
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