Irish Alert (compiler error)

[Ellis Oliver Jones]

In article <5279 at batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> sandell at tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Gregory Sandell) writes:
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>	My supervisor has been compiling some C code on our Apollo 
>workstations,and an error message comes up which is not explained...
>All it says is "Irish Alert" followed by a bunch of addresses...
>... Does it mean that a potato famine is coming?

The message in question is DEFINITELY NOT caused by a virus 
that infects potato plants!  

In article <35669 at linus.UUCP> stu at faron.UUCP (Stuart A. Werbner) writes:
>	Have you considered that maybe this is a symptom of a benign virus?

The message in question is DEFINITELY NOT caused by a virus
that infects computers, software, networks, or file systems, either.

Although none of my esteemed colleagues will own up to programming this message,
it is rumored that people working on compilers found an elusive bunch of bugs
late in the evening one St. Patrick's day.  

Happy French-fry eating!
Ollie Jones    My opinions are my own, not necessarily those of Apollo Computer, Inc.