On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:44:21 -0600, Hal Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> >The sad truth is that programmers are quick to blame a new compiler for >their bugs. And the political issues can get ugly quick. Too true. I remember, vaguely, years ago when IBM closed up a hole in the OS/VS COBOL 2.4 compiler. Something about a redefines. Well, some programmers had done exactly what the LRM said __NOT__ to do. The PTF caused the compiler to issue an error message on the next compile. They went ballistic with the usual "it always worked in the past!!" excuse. > <snip> >HTH and good luck > -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
