Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!seismo!hao!noao!terak!doug From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: uninitialized data/nostalgia Message-ID: <729@terak.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 12:29:22 EDT Article-I.D.: terak.729 Posted: Mon Sep 23 12:29:22 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 07:23:46 EDT References: <2384@uvacs.UUCP> Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 10 > I'm still looking for a machine that will trap references to uninitialized > data. Back in "the good ol' days", the IBM 1620 FORTRAN system that I used would force parity errors throughout memory (I don't recall the method too well, I think it was something like moving record-marks to odd addresses). Then if a "parity" trap occurred, the run-time system would abort the program (this was a college environment). -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com