Re: origin of "panic mode"

Paul Robinson <postmaster@paul.washington.dc.us>
20 Jun 2003 00:18:09 -0400

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From: Paul Robinson <postmaster@paul.washington.dc.us>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 20 Jun 2003 00:18:09 -0400
Organization: Elusive-Butterfly.net
References: 03-04-035 03-04-052 03-05-126
Keywords: history
Posted-Date: 20 Jun 2003 00:18:09 EDT

Norman Worth wrote:


> I remember the NUALGOL compiler on the Univac 1108 had the
> functionality but was much more polite about it. The diagostic was,
> "COMIPLER HOPELESSLY CONFUSED. RESTARTNG AT LINE nnn."


If the system misspelled the word "COMPILER" I would certainly believe it
was seriously confused. Or was that a typo?




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