CENT.MBECK%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (02/19/84)
From: Mark Becker <CENT.MBECK%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Oh brother...
Jerry, I was able to duplicate the silly bug in Turbo. And IT IS
a bug - It DOES NOT do what the book says it ought to do, despite what
all the mathematicians say.
On the other hand, just for kicks I tried defining my own frac
function and THAT worked per the manual description.
What I used was the expansion they give in the book for frac on
page 131. What a pain - why didn't Borland do it that way to begin
with?
I wonder what Borland's update policy is? I remember asking them
about that when I ordered the compiler. Never did get a reply.
Well, as they say, caveat emptor...
Mark
-------POURNE%mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP (02/20/84)
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE@mit-mc> It's still a prety good compiler (and they are rescinding their "extra hundred" for unlimit ed license so the price is right.) Try writing Borland, ATTN: PHILLIPPE KAHN, describe what you said to me, and put CC:J. E. Pournelle BYTE on the letter (and do send me a cc). I suspect they will (1) tellyou about update policies, and (2) at least discuss the "feature" (bug?) with youy. Then tell me what happened, because I get conflicting stories, and I am tired of having my jugular chewed over this issue. jep