Re: "strange closure type 37108": MSWin32, 6.4.1 snapshot and other versions

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:33:33PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
> On 10 September 2005 13:31, Gaal Yahas wrote:
> > In compiling pugs, usually at Pugs.AST.Internals or Pugs.Parser (large
> > files), I get GHC crashes. The error is typically "strange closure
> > type 37108" but other numbers also appear (0 sometimes).
>
> Also, it is known that these random GC errors are sometimes a symptom of
> hardware failure.  Your system might otherwise seem stable, but GHC
> gives your memory a good work-out and can coax hardware problems out of
> the woodwork.  If you can reproduce the errors on another machine that
> would help to eliminate this possibility.

Apologies for not following up sooner: it was indeed a hardware failure.
My CPU had malfunctioned and had to be replaced. I got the computer back
from the shop the other day and indeed pugs compiles correctly.

Thanks for your time,
Gaal

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