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From: Cobus.Debeer@p0.f1.n491.z5.fidonet.org (Cobus Debeer)
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Subject: Repertoire
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Date: 2 May 90 03:55:23 GMT
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Re: Repertoire 
 
I have made use of the offer and ordered the library.  For the price of  
postage you get the definition modules and the object code for the modules. 
You also get the documentation on disk in the form of archived files.  If you  
want the source code that will cost you an additional $185. The fee of $689  
is for the right to distribute the object library as part of your own 
library.   
   
I have used the library and have found that it is bug free.  In two years of 
use I have not found a single bug.  The worst part of the the library is the 
documentation.  It is rather terse.  Even so,  there is 460 pages of it.  To 
explore this library fully will require a few years of constant use.  My only  
negative comment is on the way that the library is structured.  In order to  
make the source code independant of the compiler, a lot of functions provided 
by the JPI Library is implemented again in a couple of low-level modules.   
This needlessly adds to the size of the executable image.  An example of this 
is the fact that SET OF CHAR is implemented in a module somewhere even though 
it is directly available in the compiler.  It is well worth the $9 for  
postage that they charge for the objects. 
   
Don't ever buy a library from Software Artistry because the M2 libraries are 
junk.  Even the demo programs don't work properly.  I have reported many bugs 
and have not received a single reply or correction. 
   
Regards 
Cobus de Beer.  1 May 1990 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Regards 
 
 


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