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Conference 44.370::system_management

Title:system management communications forum
Moderator:CHEST::THOMPSON
Created:Fri Mar 21 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jul 08 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:490
Total number of notes:2018

67.0. "PASCAL V3.5? PLEASE!" by CHEST::WRIGHT (Whats this do?) Mon Sep 14 1987 17:31

   Why does the <futures> machine have historic software on it?
    
    Having upgraded cuckoo to PASCAL V3.5 (its only a little microvax2)
    I would have expected a FUTURES cluster to be able to keep up with
    us. Obviously not though, as it has only got V3.3. I have seen another
    note suggesting that it will soon be upgrading to VMS 4.6 but no
    mention of PASCAL. 
       
    
       How about it !?
    
    
    Tony Wright
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67.1Reasons to be cheerful - part 2RDGE00::THOMPSONMon Sep 21 1987 12:297
    FUTURS has not gone up to VMS 4.6 because a) Current development
    work 'requires' that it stay at 4.5a for a while yet and b) there
    are some 'orrible bugs in the print symbiont in 4.6 which could
    screw up DQS and leave FUTURS without printers. 
    
    PASCAL 3.5  ??? Why not - if there are no objections then I'll install
    it on 28th Sept.
67.2Yes, but ?HEWIE::HAYWARDConcerned of TilehurstSun Nov 08 1987 18:228

		Jerry, thanks for installing V3.5 of Pascal on Futurs,
	but, how come the ADG cluster has revision 223 and Futurs only 196 ?

		Yours

		Confused of Tilehurst :-)
67.3Go fo it (V3.6)CHEFS::PLATTPPete PlattMon Nov 09 1987 10:3510
     Iain,
    
    Its all quite simple really! Pascal V3.5-196 is the 'official' SDC
    version. Pascal V3.5-223 is really Pascal V3.6 in disguise and this
    compiler includes support for SCA ( Source Code Analyser ) and it
    therefore much more useful than the SDC version.
    
    Simple when you know...
    
    Pete' Platt.
67.4Pascal V3.6 ... DEC has it now!!CHEFS::PLATTPPete PlattMon Nov 09 1987 10:4412
    
    Hi again,
    
    I forgot to mention that the real Pascal V3.6 is now available.
    It will run on VMS V4.4 or later and even VMS T5.0 (well, so they
    say). This should be the version that is put up on the Futurs cluster
    and maybe even the ADG cluster. 
    
    Is n't life fun...
    
    Pete' Platt
    
67.5Well...it did!!!!ELBOW::DRAPERSteve DraperMon Nov 09 1987 14:0216
    Quote from the Pascal V3.6 release notes:
    
                      VAX PASCAL V3.6 MAINTENANCE FIXES
    
    
     o  (SPR 11-94828)  The compiler occasionally generated incorrect
        code  when  creating  the  length  field  for  UNSAFE,CLASS_S
        descriptors when the parameter was a string expression.  This
        problem has been fixed.
    
    We have actually put up Pascal V3.6 once (on FUTURS), but now have
    some evidence that the above mentioned problem has NOT been fixed.
    Until we have clearer information on this point, FUTURS has reverted
    to, and will remain at Pascal V3.5.
    
    Steve