[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:20 -0400, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:24:02 +0000, Michael Kraemer wrote:
>> 
>>>> or even your system.
>>> How can a simple user app crash the system? And why would that be a
>>> particular feature of C?
>> 
>> Indeed! Although we did have a design fault on an ICL mainframe which
>> was triggered nearly every time by FORTRAN programs. Halted the
>> microprogram.
>> 
>> 
> It's not SUPPOSED to happen but Murphy says if it can it will!

Yes...in that case, the manufacturer insisted there was no fault. So I 
wrote a microprogram patch....!



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