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From: karl@grebyn.COM (Karl Nyberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Administrivia - Compiler Bugs, can we please stop?
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Date: 17 Sep 88 01:16:02 GMT
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I have received numerous requests from people asking that I do something
about the (excessive?) proliferation of questions concerning compiler bugs
on INFO-ADA.  We don't need everybody to run the program through THEIR
compiler and send the results (AND duplicate the entire program) back to the
entire list.  Please, at least send such results back only to the originator
of the message.

Most vendors (some vendors?) have electronic communication capabilities (is
that a buzzphrase?), and it would certainly be less annoyance to the entire
list if those of you that think you have bugs could use those mechanisms to
resolve your questions.  Again, especially when you're running an old(er)
version of a compiler than the current release.  We went through this sort
of issue before, and I don't think we need to go through it again.

Failing that, the telephone and the postal services also provide wonderful
communications technologies as well...

FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE TO ME PLEASE.  THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

-- Karl --