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From: cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Collecting favorite bug stories
Message-ID: <11754@sun.uucp>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 17:59:51 EST
Article-I.D.: sun.11754
Posted: Tue Jan 20 17:59:51 1987
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Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Summary: Well, maybe a little humorous
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Of course there was a time when you could right a Fortran program for
TOPS-10 like so :

	FOO(0.0,10)

	SUBROUTINE FOO(A,B)
	A = B * 3
	RETURN
	END
And when executed the compiler generated constant for zero was a pointer
to some known word with zero in it was changed. This affected all subsequent
references to the constant 0.0 by your program or anyone elses on the
system!

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--Chuck McManis
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