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#optimizer fix

    05-Apr-95 02:30:56
Sb: #optimizer fix
Fm: James Du Bois 72237,32
To: all
I have a rather strange occurance. I have been playing with the IDEA encryption file included with the PGP source files. I finally managed to get the test version to run, but have come across something rather strange. I compiled it with SAS C 6.5 and was having trouble with the test decryption not being equal to what I started with. I then compiled it with the optimizer on and now the program works correctly. I was under the impression that the optimizer only worked on correctly running programs, and if you optimize a program that doesn't work, it'll still won't work, but only faster. What I would like to know, what did the optimizer fix? James Du Bois via AutoPilot Member of the Bermuda Triangle Exploratory Expedition 1992 – 1951