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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: Gcc 2.3.3 bug ?
Date: 6 Apr 1993 20:43:22 +0200
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.os.386bsd.bugs, article <1993Apr6.154454.22346@cm.cf.ac.uk>,
  paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) writes:
> 
> Dump of assembler code from 0x68 to 0x78:
> [...]
> 
> I'll start looking into it but does anyone have any ideas, seems like
> it's probably a generic i386 problem with gcc-2.3.3.

It isn't -- under Linux the above code looks identical (OK, the addresses
are different) and it doesn't crash.

This, of course, proves the inherent superiority of Linux over 386BS.:  :-)
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