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- This version 04a of FORM is buggy, it has an erratic crashing bug in
- it that I have been trying to find for over two weeks now. However
- everyone who's seen Mutations thinks that I should release FORM
- anyway.
-
- The bug can appear at almost any time I'm afraid. After FORM has
- crashed once your machine may become unstable, and then again it may
- not :-).
-
- This bug seems to prefer certain FORMS and not others.
-
- Some things which seem to help overcoming the bug if it happens are
-
- 1. redirect output to NUL:
- 2. use an undocumented command line flag -srand=<a number>
- 3. use -res1 -bios (if all you're trying to do is get POV output)
-
- I'm really sorry to be releasing a buggy version, I am trying my
- hardest to find the problem, and when I do I'll immediately release
- another version. Failing that I may release a GO32 version which has
- never crashed!
-
- Let me know if you can get reliable crashes, as these may help me
- trace the bug down and squash it.
-