Date   : Fri, 03 May 1991 04:40:09 GMT
From   : sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!fmgst@ucsd.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: Re: Help! I'm being invaded by assembler bugs !

In article <2252@gold.gvg.tek.com> grege@gold.gvg.tek.com (Greg Ebert) writes:
>I've been doing some assembly language programming on my Northstar
>advantage, and the CP/M 2.0 assembler sometimes 'hangs' - No errors, etc.
>I have to punch to reset switch.
>
>I found that if I sprinkle NOP instructions throughout the source code
>(and NO other changes), it finally assembles without errors after
>several trial/error iterations. Does anyone know *what* causes
>the assembler to hang, and how to *predictably* avoid the bug ?

       Greetings. I don't know about assembler but if I try to
       compile a basic program that does not have a complete
       last line (ie. return pressed on last line) it won't hang...
       well, actually, it will read forever...

       Take care.

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