Is this a known defect?

[Alan Mead]

I thought PSPP was syntax compatible with SPSS, is that correct?  I have 
some simple code that is not compatible:

compute z = sum( x1,
x2,
x3).
execute.

reports these syntax errors:

/home/amead/pspp.sps:28: syntax error: Syntax error in expression at end 
of command.
/home/amead/pspp.sps:28: syntax error: Unknown command X2.
/home/amead/pspp.sps:29: syntax error: Unknown command X3.

If I insert a space before the variables, then the errors disappear. The 
(unmodified) code works fine in SPSS 16.  For me, this is a serious 
issue, because I have a lot of existing SPSS code that might be subject 
to this error (which is how I found the problem).  I'm using the latest 
Fedora 9 rpm of PSPP (psppire reports version 0.6.0).

-Alan

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