On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf at dessus.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, 24 March, 2016 08:27, Tim Streater <tim at clothears.org.uk> > said, > > > On 24 Mar 2016 at 13:41, Jim Callahan <jim.callahan.orlando at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Assuming one did not get a cryptic compiler message (and in those days > > all compiler messages were cryptic, "Probable user error:") ... > > > Not always: If you used JAIL as a variable in a computed GOTO, the XDS > > FORTRAN compiler for the Sigma 7 would, in response to the statement: > > > GOTO JAIL > > > give you the message: > > > *** Warning: Go directly; do not pass GO; do not collect $200 > > Ah the memories ... > ?Me too. Along with one that I got that really upset me: ABOVE BUL That was the _entire_ message! Turns out BUL is "Background Upper Limit". I.e. I had too big of an array, so the program wouldn't fit into? memory. And, the ever popular: END OF FILE ON UNIT 05 AT RUN TIME -- How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools. Maranatha! <>< John McKown
