perm filename POINT.BUG[S,AIL] blob
sn#103884 filedate 1974-05-30 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
∂24-MAY-74 1125 NET,GUE AT TTY122 : C.BACON @ network site NBST
SAIL COMPILER BUG:
THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE--
BP ← POINT (6, FOO, -1);
FOO ← GEORGE;
IDPB (0, BP);
GEORGE ← FOO;
-- RESULTS IN NO APPARENT CHAGE TO FOO OR GEORGE.
REASON SEEMS TO BE THAT SAIL 'KNOWS' THAT FOO IS STILL COPIED
IN AN AC, AND DOESN'T NEED TO MOVE AC,FOO BEFORE MOVEM'ING.
OH, WELL, I CAN ALWAYS GET AROUND IT.
FROM C. BACON, N.I.H. DCRT. BETHESDA, MD. INITIALS CRB.