ld 
well be that the problem is not even discovered until after the archives are loaded.
Now we not only have difficult to find and fix program bug, but we have a bunch of
invalid archives and lost data.
</ol>

<p>Now consider what happens when the message is displayed:

<ol>
  <p>
  <li>Right away, the program traps at 
<code style="white-space: normal"><pre>
ar &lt;&lt; x; 
</pre></code>
  <p>
  <li>The programmer curses (another %^&*&* hoop to jump through). If he's in a 
  hurry (and who isn't) and woul