I have gotten the Unix(tm) program "lint" running
on vms. For those of you unfamiliar with it, lint is a
program-checker for the "C" programming language. A short
description and instructions for use are in the file:
KIM::DOK:LINT.DOC. Slightly different but no less obscure
documentation can be found in the Unix(tm) manuals. The
actual knowledge needed to use it effectively can be
found by using it, and perhaps asking me questions while
doing so. I have a few planned improvements, but want to
do them at the same time I fix the bugs you folk are
going to discover. A word of warning: The first time you
"lint" a set of files, you are going to be overwhelmed
(the -e option helps!). Temper that with a word of
encouragement: it IS worthwhile. I found a serious bug
and much silliness in the System 1 o.s. with it, and a
couple of weeks ago I spent two days tracking down a bug
that lint would have caught (if I had had it then). If
you program in "C", please give it a try, and let me know
what's happening.