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Date: 23 Jul 93 11:53:25 GMT
From: news.crd.ge.com!e7sa!groleau@uunet.uu.net  (Wes Groleau X7574)
Subject: Re: Bug in VMS Ada 3.0?
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In article <1993Jul23.180602.1@otago.ac.nz> simon@otago.ac.nz (The Arch-Deviant
) writes:
>(This was asked a while ago but didn't receive any response. I'm trying
>again on the grounds that (a) if it is a bug it seems quite a biggie and
>(b) I'm looking forwards to hitting DEC with a problem report if I can :-) )
>
>VMS Ada 3.0 appears not to perform range-checking when separate subunits
>make use of global variables. Consider the following example:

(a) Check your news feed(s).  I saw several responses.

(b) Dampen your enthusiasm.  I found a bug in their Pascal compiler.  Their
problem report form would give writer's cramp if there were only one copy.
But in fact, there were so many carbons that after pressing as hard as I could,
I still had to turn to the middle sheet and trace over it to make the back
sheet show faint smudges.