[Info-vax] BASIC (and Horizon)

[bill]

On 1/30/2024 7:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> 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.

Bingo!!!

It was mostly Fortran but every once in a while some idiot
would do it in COBOL, too.

By the way, the Fortran was what you get when you have Electrical
and Mechanical engineers with too much time on their hands and you
decide to keep them busy by making them write business programs.

bill