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From: hrp%snoid.CRAY.COM@UC.MSC.UMN.EDU (Hal Peterson)
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Subject: GCC 1.29, WEB-to-C
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Date: 12 Oct 88 16:11:29 GMT
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Ken Yap writes:

   I had a valid version with gcc as far back as 1.25. The problem with
   tex4.c is new. FSF seems to create a bug with every two bugs they fix.

This prompts me to make two points.  I had started trying with 1.27,
which ran the compilation to completion but produced a very badly
munged TeX, so 1.29 is a large improvement from that; at least the one
error is obvious and easily worked around.

The second point is that EVERYBODY creates a bug with every two bugs
they fix, and usually it's worse.  See ``The Mythical Man-Month.''

				Hal