[Haskell] strange ghc behaviour?

[Christopher Brown]

Taral,

Thanks for the information. I have ran the apple hardware test and it  
reported that there were no errors with the RAM (although I'm not  
convinced there is nothing wrong with the RAM). Perhaps it could have  
been a problem with the ghc installation (i.e. a bit got flipped in  
the executable during build).

Is it possible to uninstall ghc?

Thanks.

Chris.


On 15 Mar 2006, at 21:48, Taral wrote:

> On 3/15/06, Christopher Brown <cmb21 at kent.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Taral,
>>
>> What is a bit-0 error? and how do I find out if I have bad RAM?
>
>>>> /tmp/ghc24547.s:22969:Invalid mnemonic 'mtcts'
>>>> /tmp/ghc24547.s:103127:Invalid mnemonic 'mtcur'
>>>> /tmp/ghc24547.s:103430:Invalid mnemonic 'mtcur'
>>>> /tmp/ghc24547.s:108482:Invalid mnemonic 'mtcts'
>>>> /tmp/ghc24804.s:unknown:Undefined local symbol L___DISCARE__$stub
>
> If you look at the ASCII values, you will find that the least
> significant bit (bit 0) of the corrupted character is set when it
> should not be. This is a bit-0 error, and usually indicates a problem
> with your RAM.
>
> You will need to find a memory tester to find out if you have bad RAM.
> If you don't have a memory tester, you can switch out the RAM with
> known good RAM to see if the problem goes away. If you are not
> familiar with these things, you may want to enlist the aid of a
> professional.
>
> --
> Taral <taralx at gmail.com>
> "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about
> telescopes."
>     -- Edsger Dijkstra

Christopher Brown
Ph.D. Student University of Kent. UK.
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/rpg/cmb21/index.html