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[REBOL] Bug? Same? on recursive blocks crashes Rebol Re:

From: joel:neely:fedex at: 6-Oct-2000 7:11

Unaccustomed as I am to speaking in public... ;-) [Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz] wrote:
> Larry wrote: > > Here is a related fun puzzle ;-) > > > > >> b: [1 2] > > == [1 2] > > >> b/2: b > > == [1 [...]] > > And what happens when: > same? b b/2 > is done? This: > > REBOL caused a stack fault in module REBOL.EXE at 015f:00435703. > Registers: > EAX=00c04838 CS=015f EIP=00435703 EFLGS=00010297 > EBX=0073db2f SS=0167 ESP=005a2000 EBP=005a202c > ECX=00000013 DS=0167 ESI=00c04838 FS=4387 > EDX=0000002f ES=0167 EDI=00c04838 GS=0000 > Bytes at CS:EIP: > 56 57 8b 70 08 8b 40 04 c1 e6 04 03 70 08 8b 44 > Stack dump: > 004355b4 00c04838 00c04838 00000000 00c04838 00c04838 0073db2f 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 005a2074 0043574a 00c04838 00c04838 00000000 > > Is this a bug? I've send it to feedback, just in case. >
Part of my definition of "high-level language" is the clause, "and if you do something it doesn't like (regardless of how dumb or obscure it MIGHT be), it won't blow up in your face". By that definition, at least, this is a bug. Nicht Wahr? -jn-