dpm@ritcv.UUCP (07/19/83)
JRT has a long history of taking many (3-6) months to ship
orders. This is strictly illegal for a mail order firm, of
course, but apparently nobody has squawked loud enough to shut
them down yet. I suspect this is because nobody has more than
$30 invested, so it's not worth the trouble to any one individ-
ual.
If you really want it, I suggest you invest a little more in
a few phone calls, and try to get some action. Or, better, find
someone who already has it and copy it (legally) from them - then
cancel your order and save $30. Contact your local computer club,
or RCPM system.
If you're looking for a reliable Pascal compiler, I suggest
you forget the JRT product entirely. It has too many bugs to
be useful for production work. It's ok for playing, I guess.
Don McClimans
{seismo or allegra}!rochester!ritcv!dpm
P.S. Sorry - this item belongs in net.micro.cpm, but the original
appeared in net.micro, so I am posting the follow-up there, too.POURNE@mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP (07/29/83)
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE@mit-mc> can you give me specific examples of bugs in version 3.0 of jrt?? Thanks, jep