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From: kamal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Kamal Z Zamli)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: pascal-2 bugs ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.193803.5225@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 1 Oct 90 19:38:03 GMT
References: <65252@bu.edu.bu.edu>
Distribution: comp.lang.pascal
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <65252@bu.edu.bu.edu> cao@bucsf.UUCP (chan cao) writes:
>hi,
>I'm curious why the following program always give me error at the end.
>Even if i have a period after end, that doesn't solve the problem.
>i used pascal compiler  called pascal-2 in unix.  
>thanks for any suggestions.
>
>program test (input,output);
>var
> i,j,k:integer;
>begin
> for i:=1 to 200 do
>  writeln ('something');
>end.bucsf% 
>bucsf% pc pas.p -main -berkeley
>Pascal-2 4.00 (r0)  Encore UMAX4.2 30-Sep-90   4:44 AM              Page 1-1
>pas.p
>
>    7      end
>             ^9
>***  9: Use '.' after main program body
>
>
> *** There was 1 line with errors detected ***
>?Errors detected: 1


Did you put a carriage return after the "end ." statement ?
I dont't know why but i think you do need it ...