test3.pasm needed an end at the end of the file. Here is the patch This should fix one of the bugs reported by purify. Index: test3.pasm =================================================================== RCS file: /home/perlcvs/parrot/t/test3.pasm,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 test3.pasm --- test3.pasm 2001/09/10 22:18:43 1.1 +++ test3.pasm 2001/09/13 20:36:28 @@ -194,4 +194,4 @@ print_i I1 pop_i print_i I1 - \ No newline at end of file + end \ No newline at end of file