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From: iverson@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Tim Iverson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Bugs in Turbo C's Patch for their First Bugs
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Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 01:41:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 22 01:41:21 1987
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Keywords: Turbo C, patches, bugs
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In article <555@rlgvax.UUCP> bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) writes:
>> I can expect the usual people to flame this too and say '1.0 sw is allowed
>> to be buggy', and of course the standard 'how long have you been in PC sw?'
>> and I will probably get a 'you have to wait for the patch patches'.
>
>	You sure do seem to be a cynical cuss!  Was there some awful,
>	terrible tragedy in your childhood involving one of the big
>	commercial software development shops?

I think this flame is uncalled for.  Most of us don't mind a few minor
bugs in a first release - its expected.  Just as prompt patches are.
But, Borland has really screwed up.  Instead of minor bugs, floating point
is so broken it's useless.  To top it all off, the supplied patches are
also buggy.  I think that this is just cause for complaint.

Also, most people here on the usenet seem to take offense at fools
like you who flame while hidden behind a psuedonym.  The usenet isn't
a kiddie BBS where everyone uses 'handles'.  If you feel the need to
protect your fragil ego in such a manner, then perhaps you should
go back to your local BBS, this isn't the place for such childishness.


- Tim Iverson
  iverson@cory.Berkeley.EDU
  ucbvax!cory!iverson