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From: manning@mmm.UUCP (Arthur T. Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: printf bug with C compiler...fatal runtime error!
Summary: Yes, it is a real bug .. but caused by a bug
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Date: 2 Feb 89 22:28:36 GMT
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Reply-To: manning@mmm.UUCP (Arthur T. Manning)
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Organization: 3M Company - Software and Electronics Resource Center (SERC); St. Paul, MN
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Yes, Phil, the printf bug was found while  tracking another bug  and it
was far from being fun.

A short * got lost inside a double, and it took a while to find it with the
printf bug causing the program to crash.

I called it a bug after cc and gcc both compiled and ran ok on a Sun 3
with bsd3.5.

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Arthur T. Manning                                Phone: 612-733-4401
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