[Info-vax] BASIC (and Horizon)

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Tue Jan 30 19:16:09 EST 2024


bill  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>Many moons ago I had to try to fix a number of programs that
>crashed whenever run.  Back in those days a common method was
>to add statements to display variables during execution.  I
>had many cases where adding those statements made the program
>work.

Yes, this is a sign of a fandango on core.  In Fortran it is 
likely exceeding array bounds or bad parameter passing, but in
C the possibilities to screw up with pointers are endless.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."



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