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From: rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: The wonderful Pascal compilier...
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Date: 13 Nov 90 16:40:15 GMT
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In article <43023@cci632.UUCP>, mth@cci632.UUCP (Michael Hickman) writes:

  It bothers me that it worked fine before, but doesn't now.  I'm certainly
  no programming guru, so if anyone can shed some light on this, please do.
  Otherwise, this is just another example of Apollo's great compilier
  technology.....

It doesn't take a programming guru to realize that when you de-reference a
null pointer, you get what you deserve, and it isn't going to be the same
thing from machine to machine or even release to release of the same
operating system.

There are plenty of things to rag on Apollo about, but this isn't one of
them.