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Re: Lattice C 5.xx optimizer & vt100 2.9

#1951
From: Tony Sumrall
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1989 23:49
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In article <44@e2big.dec.com> pete@e2big.dec.com (Pete Snider) writes:
:Last night I tried to recompile vt100 2.9 with the optimizer
:turned on.  The optimizer gave some warnings about "dead
:variable eliminatations" along with module name and varibles.
:Well, I tried to execute it anyway knowing anything could happen
:and I received a friendly visit from the local guru.  After
:some investigation the variables that were eliminated are being
:used.  In fact, one is used as a return value from the function.
:
:I tried 5.0, 5.02, and 5.04 'go' with the same results.  Happy
:bug hunting. :-)

Fortunately the distributed version was compiled with Aztec 3.06a.  Well,
some folks would say fortunately :-).

:-pete
:[ No, I don't even speak for myself. ]
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Tony Sumrall   author of VT100 2.9 (and 2.8a and 2.8 and...)
acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com <=> amdahl!pccuts!acs

[ Opinions expressed herein are the author's and should not be construed
  to reflect the views of Amdahl Corp. ]
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From: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall)
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Subject: Re: Lattice C 5.xx optimizer & vt100 2.9
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