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From: madler@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: cc compiler problems
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.210706.2249@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 91 21:07:06 GMT
References: <9104090229.AA27828@nextasy2.eecs.wsu.edu> <1991Apr9.051123.8923@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1991Apr12.185839.15689@agate.berkeley.edu>
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In article <1991Apr12.185839.15689@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) writes:
>In article <1991Apr9.051123.8923@nntp-server.caltech.edu> 
>madler@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes:
>>
>>I had someone at NeXT try that program on a 68040 running version 2.1 of
>>the operating system (with -O), and it did not crash the machine.  I will
>>verify this when I get my 2.1 upgrade.  The reason 2.1 might be expected
>
>I veryfied that myself just now.

Oh frabjous day!  Calooh, callay!  (he chortled in his joy)

>The following program, compiled with
>"cc -O -o strange strange.c" does not crash 040 cube running 2.1.
>So, upgrade to 2.1.  It will fix other things even if
>you have monochrome station or cube.

Yessiree, don't believe NeXT when they say you don't need to upgrade to
2.1.  If you have a 68040, you'd better upgrade.

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu