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On 03/23/2014 11:36 PM, Simon Wright wrote:

>>> The Rational Environment used to include recognisable and storable
>>> markers in such cases: for example {statement}. As far as I remember
>>> they were displayed in inverse video to make them stand out!
>>>
>> The problem was (at least for the OS/9 cross) that the programs would
>> compile and link, resulting in an exception (Illegal program, I think)
>> when you tried to execute the code.
> 
> AFAICR the R1000 wouldn't do (the equivalent of) object code generation
> - "promoting to the code state"? - with placeholders present. But it's a
> while back!
> 
Been a while for me too! I remember this because it occured to me that
this was a major bummer. It happended more than once that we got these
'illegal program' exceptions on the target caused by placeholders.
WHen the guys at datamuseum.dk
(http://datamuseum.dk/wiki/Rational/R1000s400) get their machine
running, it's woth a test.

Erlo