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pkimpel / retro-b5500

Web-based emulator and operating environment for the Burroughs B5500 computer system.
http://www.phkimpel.us/B5500/
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SYMBOL/CHECKAL does not compile #38

Open pkimpel opened 9 years ago

pkimpel commented 9 years ago

Compile errors on source file SYMBOL/CHECKAL, related to MONITORing of labels (it would be good to run CHECKAL, if we assume that it was a well-debugged and reliable diagnostic test...)

Submitted by Terry Heidelberg, 2015-05-04.

pkimpel commented 9 years ago

Known problem with CHECKAL and the unpatched version of the Mark XIII ALGOL compiler. Need to test this under the patched compiler and under TSMCP. Paul Cumberworth generated a patch that bypasses the problem but does not fix it. Need to release that patch to the community.

terryheidelberg commented 9 years ago

By "bypasses the problem" Paul means that the tests all run and verify (at least the tests that have a verification procedure, which does not include the procedure with the MONITOR statements (which is a tangled nest of GO TO statements) ) correctly, so that this result is a favorable test of the emulation and Algol compiler.