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From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Bug fix for PC Gawk 2.02
Message-ID: <1989Mar13.120846.6476@ateng.ateng.com>
Date: 13 Mar 89 17:08:46 GMT
References: <3791@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to kwok@iris.ucdavis.edu (Conrad Kwok):
>[John B. Thiel (jbthiel@ogccse.ogc.edu) in his article writes about a
> bug in Gawk 2.02 for the IBM PC.]
>
>This problem is now fixed. I didn't make any changes to the source
>codes. The only change I made is to  re-compile regex.c with -Oa
>OFF (i.e. -Oilt -Gs instead of -Ox) and link the program again.

A warning to all users of Microsoft C:

If you want your program to work, don't use -Ox.  This flag causes the
compiler to make unwarranted assumptions about aliasing.  I'm surprised the
flag even exists.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg             <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
A T Engineering             Me?  Speak for my company?  Surely you jest!
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